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So that they don't crash into them.

• tester756 4y ago
  Cannot military aircraft see others and avoid them themselves instead of letting other know about them? And military would have encrypted insider communication between eachother It may be naive question cuz I never operated such a thing
  • bombcar 4y ago
    Transponders make radar much easier. No need for active radar
    • 0xFEE1DEAD 4y ago
      no need for active radar. just have your guys at base watch your flight path and route you safely. this way you can deactivate your transponder and still be not of danger to anyone around you. I’d imagine this is how they to it
      • sgjohnson 4y ago
        >just have your guys at base watch your flight path and route you safely Then you have to rely on a human element, which is a horrible idea in a rapidly changing environment. Imagine someone hits the base and takes out its comms. You no longer have any idea where anyone is.
      • bombcar 4y ago
        Every airport with radar has active radar, so they're going to "see" you anyway even if the people hoovering up ADS-B info don't. And yes, there are people who have cameras pointed at the sky all over the country, and with software that says "I see a plane, and I don't see no ADS-B". Combine https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/raspberry-pi-airplane-tracker https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/raspberry-pi-airplane-tr... with https://medium.com/swlh/automated-meteor-aircraft-satellite-detection-for-sky-camera-in-python-8a3dcc476a96 https://medium.com/swlh/automated-meteor-aircraft-satellite-... and you're golden.