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2012-07-14 China-Japan-Koreas

China Developing Satellites to Guide Missiles

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Posted by Steve White 2012-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I don't think anyone has a means of tracking vessels in real time using satellites. If we did, Somali piracy wouldn't be a problem. This is probably a case of the relevant contractor over-promising in hopes of some blue sky breakthrough to secure project funding today.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-07-14 13:44|| 2012-07-14 13:44|| Front Page Top

#2 TEST

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-14 14:08|| 2012-07-14 14:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Rejecting the hyperlink. There are a number of Sat maritime tracking systems available. You can track by ship type and name on-line.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-14 14:15|| 2012-07-14 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Go to Dubya dubya dubya......sailwx (dot) info

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-14 14:18|| 2012-07-14 14:18|| Front Page Top

#5 And before anyone asks... yeah, the Somalis reportedly use these to track shipping.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-07-14 14:50|| 2012-07-14 14:50|| Front Page Top

#6 same issue on hyperlinked comments rejected. Emailed Fred and Dr. Steve

Posted by Frank G 2012-07-14 15:25|| 2012-07-14 15:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep in mind that these are merchant ships being tracked.

Posted by Pappy 2012-07-14 20:57|| 2012-07-14 20:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Yeah, I think US aircraft carriers will not operate transponders when they are trying to hide.

Posted by gromky 2012-07-14 21:29|| 2012-07-14 21:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, I think US aircraft carriers will not operate transponders when they are trying to hide.

Thank you. I wondering about that for a while. I knew that real-time tracking of military vessels did not exist, but couldn't figure out how they were tracking civilian vessels in the way Besoeker mentioned.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-07-14 23:39|| 2012-07-14 23:39|| Front Page Top

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