Military Personnel Aid Counter-MANPADS Effort To Protect Aircraft

British military personnel have been training foreign governments how to prevent attacks on civilian aircraft by terrorists with man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), reports London's Daily Telegraph.

Thousands of hand-held surface-to-air missiles were taken by militiamen in Libya during the conflict in 2011.

The weapon systems, since discovered in conflict zones across Africa and the Middle East, are viewed as a threat to air traffic.

There are also concerns that the...