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Weapon export restrictions means they can't, at least not to any of the countries where it would actually be needed.
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El Al tho!
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Last time they were asked, the consensus was that it would be impractical (uneconomical) to outfit all commercial planes with missile avoidance unless they were expected to routinely fly through theaters of war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/07/18/lawmaker-wants-missile-countermeasures-on-civilian-aircraft/ …
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Without an EWAR (or whatever it's called) rig on the plane, they would have had absolutely no notification that a missile had been launched at them. I imagine the crew would think one of the engines had exploded, and the black box would record trying to debug their plane.
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