Comment on US fighter jet shot down by Iran came from British base in Suffolk, says IRGC
Womble@piefed.world 2 days agoYou cant track a plane from 3600km away with a radar (how far the UK is from Iran), if for no other reason than the curve of the earth puts hundreds of kilometers of rock between them. And wreckage is pretty easy to identify for experts, you can find fairly small pieces that could only be from one aircraft type.
cristian64@reddthat.com 2 days ago
This comment only makes if you disregard entirely detection by satellite image.
Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
Good look snapping a picture of a ~20m jet travelling almost at mach1 from at least 500km away with a camera that is on a fixed orbit so you dont control where it is at a particular time. (and even if you did unless you took a picture of it during take off, that also wouldnt tell you where it was flying from.)
cristian64@reddthat.com 2 days ago
???
planet.com/…/aircraft-detection-at-planetary-scal…
Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
Notice how those are on the ground, at a known location (an airbase), so a photo can be planned for in advance.
They are decidedly not fast jets travelling on an attack mission at close to the speed of sound.