Sure Glad They're on Our Side

Raytheon and other defense contractors are working hard to protect America in the GWOT:

Raytheon Corporation has developed an anti-missile (of the portable, shoulder fired variety) system for civilian air airports. Called Vigilant Eagle, the system uses a network of heat sensitive missile detectors, mounted like cell phone antenna, all over the airport area. When at least two of these detect a missile launch, a beam of electromagnetic energy fries the missile electronics, causing it to miss. The High-power Amplifier-Transmitter (HAT), does the zapping. This is a large, billboard sized array of small electronic emitters, that can send a powerful bean of electronic in any direction.

I had the pleasure of being on a conference call with some of Raytheon's leadership team recently, and rest assured that they've got lots of ideas as to how to solve the IED problem in Iraq too.