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What's SPAR19 and why are so many interested? Also flightradar24 feels something that should benefit heavily from caching especially in an instance where lots
by xnorswap 4y ago
What's SPAR19 and why are so many interested?
Also flightradar24 feels something that should benefit heavily from caching especially in an instance where lots of people are all tracking the same thing.
Heavier caching for non-logged in users is a basic of keeping sites up against unexpected influx because the vast majority of "new" (i.e. spikey) traffic won't have accounts, and won't be as fuzzy about seeing cached data, and are harder to monetize than logged in accounts.
- ojbyrne 4y agoWill Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/pelosi-taiwan-risks-greater-instability-us-china-analysis/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/pelosi-taiwan-risks-...
- Rebelgecko 4y agoWhere does Betteridge's Law come into play?
- wobblyasp 4y agoPelosi's flight into Taiwan
- dboreham 4y agoSeems like a significant security risk that it is publicly trackable? I've seen AF1 land at the airport here (Bozeman) -- it flew in to the area at high altitude then circled tightly reducing altitude until final approach. I assumed to reduce the chance of a stinger hit from mountain-men.
- dekhn 4y agoAs you noticed from AF1, the people who manage the flights of nation-level VIPs are extremely cautious and have a rich, well-informed risk model. You can imagine these airplanes have many countermeasures (SPAR19 is a C-40C, which is a military version of a 737). For all we know it was a decoy plane.
- kjkjadksj 4y agoFlight radar isnt exactly live. There is a slight delay if you compare flights over your head to what flight radar is telling you about those flights.
- VortexLain 4y agoTracking the plane is probably very trivial for the Chinese army so hiding the plane from public wouldn't help
- syockit 4y agoHiding it from the army is not the point. Who knows if there'd be another maniac with a homemade gun or explosives out there, just like what happened with the ex-PM of Japan.
- hugh-avherald 4y agoIt would be a lot more dangerous for Pelosi if it weren't.
- throw827474737 4y agoCannot judge if this is a joke or serious theory?
- johannes1234321 4y agoWhat's the risk of a plane flying over the Sea above the reach of "simple" weapons is being tracked? A military-level attack against the third highest representative of the United States is a quite certain way to launch a war, maybe even nuclear retaliation, based on how quickly and well "prove" for attribution is unveiled. However getting attention is a key purpose of that trip.
- AndyJames 4y agoWhen US representative fly to Taiwan secretly it's disabled but whole world was talking about Pelosi going there and China's treats to shoot her down for day or two. Putting that flight for whole world to see is actually more secure than trying to keep it secret.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoThe Chinese were threatening to shoot her down? I don't do think so, except for some excited bozos sending threats from their backyards
- input_sh 4y ago> What's SPAR19 and why are so many interested? Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan, which China is opposed to.
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- rjh29 4y ago
- revlolz 4y agoHe's no longer in the running.
- selimthegrim 4y agoOne might say he was in the offing for a while towards the end. No need, I’ll get the door myself.
- jacquesm 4y agoPence got really lucky that day, as did the United States. That could have gone entirely different if not for a few people keeping a clear head.
- belter 4y ago