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Diverting the missile. the other simple design used to be called flare. and just like a road flare, it produces some heat source and you shoot that off somewhere away from the aircraft. >> reporter: there are also new high-tech options. this one from defense contractor called the garnim. >> the senses automatically direct it and the system jams the missile and drives it away from the aircraft. >> reporter: systems like this are already in use on planes flown by israel's airline. >> in israel today, one of the homegrown defense contractors outfitted their fleet with count countermeasures to dea...

Area around the wing diverting the missile. >> the other simple design used to be called flair. and just like a road flair, it produces some heat source. and you shoot that off somewhere away from the aircraft. >> under are also new high-tech options, this one from defense contractor northrop grumman called the guardian. >> when the system fires, it is automatically sensed and tracked. sending a laysor beam in, the system jams the missile and drives it i way from the aircraft. >> systems like this are in use by planes flown in israel. >> in israel today, one of their homegrown defense contract...

>> some things like matches and maybe some lighters are often not detected. so you could conceivably get it through. it takes some kind of a detonation, possibly with a heat source, to get it to go off. and he was able to do that. you can do it in a tube this size or maybe several tubes this size. >> you can do a small one like that? >> possibly, yes. it is possible, not easy, but possible. you know, cnn also demonstrated two years ago, wolf, after that 2010 plot to put printer cartridge bombs on cargo planes, we demonstrated how powerful that could have been. that wasn't a whole lot bigger th...

Way that somebody giving it a casual inspection will probably pass it. >> reporter: the size of the container alfred used is the size that you have to place in checked baggage at an airport but two smaller containers this size, which you can carry on a plane, can also be used. these tubes would have to be attached or near each other to create an explosion that can be detonated by a heat source. >> this is not a hypothetical development. there has been a reported case that's been well-documented where a toothpaste bomb exploded a plane? >> absolutely, there has, wolf. october 1976. anti-castro ...

>> here in new york, it seemed as if before now, the winter to a certain extent had been fairly mild, no? >> yeah, but you know what? here's the thing. we're just getting started. officially, winter just started a little bit ago. we have to get prepared for this. this is the thing, people need to start thinking about this. do you have your flashlight batteries? are you ready if the lights go out? do you have a heat source? these are the things you have to think about. and we hate to see a tough winter for everybody. but if we have to start out this way, we just have to get in the mindset to ma...