RADAR on Cocos (Keeling) Islands ?
I understand Australia has an impressive surveillance RADAR on their mainland (JORN).
Now I was wondering: If one inverts so much money into such a RADAR on the mainland, then wouldn't it be logical to take advantage of the location of Cocos (Keeling) Islands to dramatically extend the range ?
One of AMSAs media releases it states P3 Orion have relocated from Cocos (Keeling) Islands to Perth to assist the SAR, so there must be some infrastructure on the Island and MH370 may have passed close by. Maybe some data points may be derived by knowing if it was painted by primary radar or not.
Any of you folks from Down Under can comment ?
BTW: Kudos for your SAR effort.