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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
There ALL kind of ships all over the world with radar..even if we want to assume Malaysia did not have any , ..which would be silly.
The USA can detect a missal launch from anywhere, This whole 777 thing is a emergency, but not what they are spinning it to be, thats is for sure.
I am a little but familiar with AWAX from 30 years ago...( I am sure it has improved a 1000 fold) ........all this not knowing is just silly jabber. I am so surprised that a real military retiree has not stepped up and said THIS IS ALL B.S.!!
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You're right. There's a lot of BS here, including some people's concept of the capabilities/assets in the region contrasted with the volume of air traffic in South East Asia.
These are not all the routes in the region, just the busiest. Billions of people live in this part of the world.
Now combine the number of aircraft in the air at one time in this general region with the lack of military threat and you might get a glimmering of the likelyhood of the shut down of transponders on one flight going unnoticed.
I can guess what you mean by "missal" the spelling is "Missile".
The first thing you might want to remember about "AWAX" is that it stands for Airborne Warning And Control. It is based upon a powerful airborne radar. Unless a major fleet was running war games in the area, I doubt there were any assets of that type present.
Sorry for being such a grouch, but the amount of "Monday morning quarterbacking" going on makes me wonder at the lack of appreciation for the magnitude of the problem.
Best
Les