Airlines To Install Defense Systems On Passenger Flights

Passengers to be supplied with shoulder fired missiles just kidding about passengers. But seriously, what is the crew going to do, open up a door in flight and cut loose with a MANPAD? I think the author is confusing weapon systems here. But soon passenger flights will be militarized. Makes me feel all safe and secure.

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In first-ever tests for commercial airplanes carrying passengers, as many as three American Airlines jets will be equipped with a shoulder-fired missile defense system.
The Department of Homeland Security signed a $29 million contract with BAE Systems on December 21.
BAE said Thursday it is working with American Airlines to put laser systems on the planes, which will be flying between New York and California.
Since the contract calls for the planes to log about 7,000 flight hours, the tests will probably last from early spring, starting in March or April, until the end of the year, DHS spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said.
The systems have already been tested on cargo aircraft and out-of-service passenger planes. The new contract calls for the systems to be tested for the first time on aircraft carrying passengers."