US pilots union takes aim at missile launcher defences, calling countermeasures 'unsafe and expensive'

The US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is set to oppose the installation of countermeasures systems on board civil aircraft as a means of protection from shoulder-launched missiles.

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