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Originally Posted by stuartj
Your confidence that the US military can detect anything any time anywhere is admirable.
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...but sooo far removed from day to day reality.
I managed a lot of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) programs for the USN, was even teamed with Australia for a particular maritime program.
There are simply parts of the world that are not covered 24/7 by
any ISR asset, let alone a US platform: We focus our assets on known and emerging threats.
The tyranny of distance in the Asia/Pacific Theater is daunting.
I will say, and again I have yet to see this addressed: What was the "lost aircraft/lost comm" protocol for the en-route controllers and what was the response from them when the 777 went dark?
Who did they call per the protocol and what was the sequence of events from there? It should all be recorded and available: Who knew what when?