Originally Posted by
edmundronald
It *is* interesting that all these military air-surveillance radars and satellite-born radars and optical systems never have anything to say about planes that go down, at least in time to help S&R. AF-447 and MH-370 were a real disappointment in that regard.
Or more specifically "all these military air-surveillance radars and satellite-born radars and optical systems never have anything to say PUBLICLY ....".
What those systems actually see, and what their operators actually pass to the civil authorities and when they pass it is something that we, as mere mortals, will never fully know.