george152 wrote:
First find the debris field.
Then work your way back to begin scanning the ocean floor.
It'll take time and surface ships.
Nukes have other duties than looking for downed aircraft

Daryl wrote:
The debris will have floated for about 100 miles riding the currents. No
help from that.

Ocean currents are to some extent predictable and consistent in
vector. Of course it will help.

Search area goes from a bazillion square miles to hundreds.


Jeff
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