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Old 03-16-2014, 11:06 AM   #626
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Originally Posted by underscore View Post
Kevin Sieff ‏@ksieff 10h

Senior Afghan official on whether #MH370 flew over Afghanistan: "We do not have a radar. Go and ask the Americans."

He sounds a bit annoyed with the US of A
No, what he said was true, we (USAF) definitely have a lot more radar coverage than Afghanistan ATC which only has good primary radar coverage around the major cities and the rest is secondary which would not show up if the transponder is turned off.
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