Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on...
by jplayer01 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:22AM
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The US has plenty of detection capability for missiles, such as how they tracked the ballistic missiles earlier. As in the Ukraine case, I'm sure they'll be more than willing to share the missile trajectory sooner rather than later if there is one (they shared the Ukraine one 5 days after the crash). I'm not sure how trustworthy it'll be, but that's something I'm waiting for as the situation develops.
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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on...
by actuator on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:32AM
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Aren't all those tracking systems mostly ground based. But Saudi Arabia and its neighbors do provide proximity to Iran so I guess they should be able to catch it.
Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on...
by jplayer01 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:41AM
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I'm not 100% sure. I remember reading this about the MH17 (satellite-based infrared tracking) and assumed similar would be possible in this case. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/how-us-satellite...