[Rokke]

"Do you still maintain that the entire FAA system runs only on transponder data?"

Do me a favor and point out exactly where I said that. Quote me. Point out the exact post.
Look, if you can't even keep facts straight in a single FreeRepublic thread, I can understand why the specifics of this incident are sailing right over your head.

"how did ASR assign the same ID to two different IFF responses and then feed it to PASSUR?"

You have so little idea of what you are talking about that your question doesn't even make sense. Let me just start by telling you that when an ASR system interrogates an IFF transponder, it doesn't assign an ID. It simply reads the ID from the IFF transmitter.

"You don't think that a cargo plane of under 33,000 pounds could cause this image?"

What cargo plane are you thinking about that weighs under 33,000 pounds? And what cargo plane is capable of greater than 6000 ft per minute climb rates?

[RunningWolf]

And what cargo plane is capable of greater than 6000 ft per minute climb rates?

Well a 757 is, or a 767-300.

Wolf

[RunningWolf]

What cargo plane are you thinking about that weighs under 33,000 pounds? And what cargo plane is capable of greater than 6000 ft per minute climb rates?

I know the '57 can do greater than 6000 vsi. I've on the flight deck when it happened. Some 57's are now freighters. The 767-300 can do it to I hear.

Wolf