I know america use drone for spying can I ask if a drone has ever been thought of using over the sea . I know power would be a issue but as many military war ships from other nations can provide help some extra security over miles of oceans day and night since no one cares to update radar and radio towers. .maybe a floating tower to help radio communication with planes and ships . I think if this could be done we wouldn't be waisting gas and time looking for a needle in a haystack
They have 42 ships and 39 aircraft engaged in the search.
There are such things as floating radar beacons and radar markers, RACON and RAMARK but they're inadequate for anything like search or radio relay.
A single US ship could route all of the electronic traffic you can imagine here and then some.
We have the autonomous Global Hawk drones keeping an eye on the southern Chinese coast. And the Chinese can't stand them, autonomous drones are typically military stealth vehicles.
So other manned aircraft in the search wouldn't know where they would be at any given time and even if you could solve that, the political problem would remain.
No one is going to care if a spy satellite finds it, we have them, they have them, and both sides can downplay the spy part if they want to. Nobody is getting fooled. No big deal.
If you had a spy drone that the Chinese can't track save the day there would be no end to the fallout imo.
Maintaining international cooperation so this remains a search and not a political football is beyond extremely important.
Are other types of drones being used anyway? Possible but not highly likely.
The aircraft being used have search assets already - special radar, cameras and people that can make on the spot decisions coordinated with the search network.
And that's what you want the most - the right tools for the job.
Never say never, but I'd be surprised if drones could play a major part here, today.
Ok. This story was weird. The picture of the two men with stolen passports seems to have been photoshopped. Take a look at their feet. I'll provide the link to the full story, too.
Link to full story.
Yeah, I'm going to file that under "Malaysia's PR proves once again that you just can't throw crap over the fence and hope everyone is happy."
At the last regular press briefing, that they delayed by over an hour, the press remarked that Malaysia seemed to have finally gotten some PR training and both the press and other governments appreciated it.
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As for staying on topic, this is the Lounge where anything can happen and often does.
I would only ask that nothing disrespectful of the families is entertained.
Which - is something that no one expects at AF anyway.
Everyone has been great. Thank you!
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