Posted on 03/25/2014 3:15:54 AM PDT by Brandonmark
The Doppler model would be unable furnish any hints to distinguish between the northern route and the southern route. Knowledge of prevailing winds might be a discriminate, I do not know.
I question the effectiveness of Southern Asian military radar networks, myself. Except for India, I doubt if there’s much there, and the Indians are bowing out, it appears.
I think that may be correct. The IMO is one of those quasi-governmental things, and INMARSAT seems to be a spin off or the IMO. The IMO is headquartered in London, because that’s where international shipping insurance is centered, and people trust England’s reputation for seamanship and fairness, compared to other possible locations.
I appears that INMARSAT worked with some very capable people in the British transportation safety agencies to analyze the satellite data, and I personally find their conclusions plausible, prima facie. I’d need to know a lot more to judge for sure. I think because of the political and diplomatic implications, both organizations are remaining very tight lipped. Good for them, in the US everyone involved would be eating lunch at expensive restaurants and blabbing to reporters.
Something smells in all this...
Or try Singapore Airline flight 324, underway now.
But in either case, my point exactly. If this is a commercial route, why deny that MH370 couldn’t be on the same route, sadowing another flight.
I don’t think Inmarsat really have idea where the plane went based upon the pinging by router/DHCP server device aboard the plane if it crashed or Quds aboard commandeered it to Pakistan or Iran. If it crashed ELT could have activated automatically to continuously blind broadcast relevant information: aircraft type, callsign, coordinates, etc., at 121.5, 243,0 and 406 Mhz. Digital packet send at 406 Mhz are picked up by GEOSAR, LEOSAR and MEOSAR. If ELT signal didn’t send anything the plane might have landed safely now hidden in a big hangar in Iran or Pakistan.
Whichever direction the plane went, and whether or not the plane is at the bottom of the ocean or sitting in Pakistan, this is a message from Islam to China. Two Muslim pilots disappeared with two hundred Chinese nationals. The message? You need our oil, we don't need your money and don't mess with our brothers in western China. The message is wrapped in the plausible deniabiliy of this impenetrable fact pattern. The pilots were smart, skilled and willing to die for Islam.
As such, China is the biggest impetus to get to the bottom of this. They will not believe Inmarsat without reviewing all the data. They will not believe anything that the Malaysians say.
So, solely in this situation, I'm rooting for the Chinese. Everyone else is speaking with forked tongue to protect Islam.
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