Originally Posted by
etudiant
Propduffer noted:
The radar that tracked MH-370 is at 5°25'28"N 100°15'8"E and is visible with Google Earth. It is a Selex Sistemi Integrati RAT-31.
If there is good radar track available, it is peculiar that it has not been made freely available, especially as the radar is a commercially available item.
Still wonder about the extent of the coverage, 500km range would be for something way higher than MH370 and we do not have a clear flight profile.
The radar may be commercially available but it is a secure military radar, why should the Malaysians share any information about their radar with the world? If you want to know look it up, and you will know the standard RAT-31 capabilities, not necessarily what the Malaysian installation may have.
Similarly, the Malaysians may also have detail of the flight altitude profile of MH370 - while it was in line of sight of primary radar - but why should they share that with anyone other than the investigation team? Perhaps the profile shows even more clearly evidence of a flight 'being interfered with' and as such any information may be considered evidence of a criminal act so not published. An operator of a stack beam radar could be the source of the leaks of large changes of altitude immediately after the aircraft went dark. Leaks that have since been sealed. Almost certainly the Malaysian authorities know more than has been made publicly available.