IFF is short for Identify Friend or Foe and is used exclusively by the military for incoming threats.
We have the best radar in the world, especially at sea. The eastern Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal has not been a theater offering threats beyond what Diego Garcia can monitor.
Flight 370 was just too far away for us to track.
Well, damn. As an FAA air traffic controller for 35 years, I was lied to all that time, and before that as a Navy radar tech. How could I have been so gullible as to believe the equipment I used every day was for military use only? They shoulda put labels or something on it.
Oh, "incoming threats" would not be using IFF, not wishing to be seen. At least anyone other than kamikazes.
Oh, by the way....it's Identification Friend or Foe, not Identity. It is also called "secondary radar", and in fact is only radar used by most ATC facilities.
“We have the best radar in the world, especially at sea. The eastern Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal has not been a theater offering threats beyond what Diego Garcia can monitor.”
What is the maximum operating range with our current Radar and the units on Diego Garcia?
Thanks