Originally Posted by
Sfojimbo
I doubt that it was broadcasting ADS-b information.
Thanks. That, too, is interesting. I'd have thought that the Russians would have been able to track it even absent ADS-b, and the possibility that they did in fact do so is supported by the US contention that Russian aircraft did in fact intercept it(and cause it to crash).
I wonder from whom the US was trying to hide the Predator(a Hunter/killer, not primarily intelligence gatherer), if not the Russians. And why: what would be the point? Surely safety, if not aviation law, would call for ADS-b data transmission.