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Jack Linthicum

wrote:
This implies 1000 km of constant wind and cloud.

Not necessarily. They could be further apart in good weather and closer
toghether in bad. As far as wind is concerned COTS provides cheap (1m
or less) GPS. They could stay in formation unless the wind speed
exceeded forward speed. Unlikely.

Wind is never homogenous and never from the same direction, especially
over 1000klicks, all the 100 or 500 or whatever comms checks on
position would certainly excite someone on the Elint watch. Those
people are good, by the way, and have a real ear for the rare and
unusual.

Do you have a range (distance) for communications in this manner by the
way?