Search for missing Malaysian plane goes high tech
"The P-3C and the MH-60 have surface search radar with a range of 5000 to 10,000 feet that can look down and pick up pretty small objects, even non-metallic ones, and down to basketball size," says William Marks, a US Navy commander on the USS Blue Ridge, which is coordinating the US search contribution. "Then the crew will use high zoom cameras to zoom in and check it out. Yesterday, for instance, we found something that looked interesting but it was just a wooden crate."...
Search for missing Malaysian plane goes high tech - tech - 10 March 2014 - New Scientist
8:38 10 March 2014 by Paul Marks
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