ISRAEL, U.S. AGREE ON MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel and the United States have agreed to pool effortsto develop a missile warning and defense system for airliners.Officials said the effort would be based on two systems developed byIsraeli companies. The systems are meant to protect passenger jets fromshoulder-fired infrared-guided missiles, such as that fired toward anIsraeli airliner in Kenya in November.The United States would seek to help finance development of the systemsand facilitate their sale to American passenger jets.