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Old 19th May 2016, 10:05
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Podcast, the SBIRS satellites are designed to detect an ICBM launch and, coincidently, can sometimes detect the flash of an explosion in the upper atmosphere - if one of the 5 LEO birds is over the right area. As far as I am aware, nobody is suggesting MH370 exploded.
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