Lockheed's C-130J takes fire in report
Published: Sat Jan 20th, 2007Source: www.ajc.com
Lockheed Martin's C-130J, built at the company's Marietta plant, "is not effective for worldwide operations," according to a Pentagon weapons testing report.The report says the mid-sized transport plane has weaknesses in its missle defense system that could make deployment risky in certain areas of the world, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
Four of the planes are flying in Iraq, and they have adequate defenses against older hand-held anti-aircraft rockets used by insurgents there, the report said. But they might be vulnerable to newer systems, such as those used by North Korea, China and Iran. Bloomberg reported.
The report said work on improving the plane's defense systems continues.
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