The Department of Homeland Security just won't give up on the MANPADS (Manned Portable Air Defense Systems) issue. They still see shoulder fired missiles as a great threat to civil aviation in this country. Several proposals to counter MANPADS have been in testing for years now, including this one that gets repeated comparison to the TV series 24 by Jay Cohen in the video below from the DHS. This concept involves using an unmanned aerial vehicle loitering above 60,000 feet that can monitor and track missile launches as well as confuse the missiles by shining a low-power laser at their seeker heads. The name of this project has actually been coined as Project Chloe, after the fictional character from the CTU in 24. I know this technology is very feasible, but I also think the guys in Homeland Security might watch a little too much TV. How many references can this guy make to 24?
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