"RobertMacy" wrote in message
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In early 60's a satellite could read the headlines of a paper lying on the
ground, so why is it so hard to NOT see this plane?

They could only "see" that well at places they were specifically aimed at.
Also, this was a night flight, further reducing detectability. The US does
have satelites capable of detecting explosions and from what I read, those
detectors did NOT go off. That tends to support either massive structural
failure or some weird act on the part of the crew.

This region has to be one of the most monitored regions in the world.

But hi-rez satelite cameras are usually aimed at points of interest like
Chinese military installations.

Aren't there satellite imaging services that supply photos to the public?

From memory flying IFR, you are radar tracked from start to finish, where
are those records? And from memory, alarms go off *IF* they lose track of
your little blip.

Malaysia isn't cooperating very fully with anyone. Countries in that neck
of the woods are very wary of disclosing the capabilities of their tracking
radars. It's one of the reasons flight KAL007 was shot down when it
overflew Russian air space. The Russians believed it was an attempt by the
West to find out their level of response and readiness to deal with an
aerial incursion.

I'm sure that the Malaysian government is not anxious to have either the
Chinese or Americans getting up into their air defense business. From what
we've seen, they aren't exactly "on top" of things in the radar and plane
tracking department. That's not stuff you want a potential enemy to know.

--
Bobby G.