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So every plane, train and automobile that went missing in the past 9 years did so without this system offering help?
by quietpain 3y ago
So every plane, train and automobile that went missing in the past 9 years did so without this system offering help?
- ceejayoz 3y agoWhen have trains gone missing?
- amelius 3y agoPerhaps they went missing when it was cloudy?
- ehsankia 3y agowouldn't some IR go through clouds? I thought that was the point of using IR. That being said, the more important question is, how's the temporal resolution.
- bumby 3y agoFrom the article: "trained to locate the sources of electromagnetic emissions with wavelengths ranging from roughly 2 meters down to 2 centimeters" These types of signals wouldn't be obscured by clouds, presumably.
- sneak 3y agoYes. These systems are for control, not general purpose law enforcement.
- bear141 3y agoNot yet
- 01100011 3y agoThese systems are generally never used to solve low-level crimes. When they are, parallel-construction is used to avoid publicizing their existence. These systems are reserved for direct threats to national interests.