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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:55:16 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote: "matt weber" wrote in message .. . That rather depends on what the intent of the intercepting aircraft is. The cubans had little problem shooting down a couple of Cessna's in 1996 as I recall. They had been detected on both Cuban and US radar systems. And both had their transponders turned on... It is easy when the transponder is turned on. It is a cooperating target. In fact both they and the Cuban Migs were tracked on primary radar as testified to by radar specialist Jeffrey Houlihan of the U.S. Customs Agency who as usual was on the lookout for drug smugglers at the time. Keith And Migs did have their IFF on, and it is a safe bet the US knows how to interrogate it, again, a cooperating target.... |
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matt weber wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote: In fact both they and the Cuban Migs were tracked on primary radar as testified to by radar specialist Jeffrey Houlihan of the U.S. Customs Agency who as usual was on the lookout for drug smugglers at the time. And Migs did have their IFF on, and it is a safe bet the US knows how to interrogate it, again, a cooperating target.... Rest assurred, be it a drug runner in a Cessna or a Cuban in a MiG, we have the means to keep an eye on the bad guys whether they wish to "cooperate" or not. I was having a few beers with a bud and he told me that while wearing NVG's in his F-16, he slid up next to a smuggler flying a light Cessna twin at night somewhere down in Central America. Of course, the smugglers thought they were "incognito" simply because they were cruising with their transponder and lights turned off... They had nary a clue a Viper was escorting them all along. -Mike Marron |
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