Originally Posted by
michaelbinary
Maybe true, but I wasnt answering that question, I was answering a question about a super computer decrypting messages.
And maybe the USA realise what is going on, after all it isnt that hard to imagine is it, so maybe their response whatever it was, was designed so as to not give too much away if anything.
Lets face it, huge great unarmed slow moving object shot down by US fighter jet using whatever, not a very hard thing to do, and that isnt going to tell them anything they didnt already know.
This isn't what this is about though. There are no important "messages" during the key stages of acquisition and attack. It's about sensors. Knowing how any active sensors are finding, and getting a fire control solution, up to the point of impact has a high value. Even passive sensors have unwanted emissions. If you're close enough there is a chance those emissions could also be relayed via an uplink and used to gain insight into the detail of the way they work.