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Why shouldn't "finders keepers" apply here? If their jet crashed, unoccupied, on my land, why ain't it mine now? At least do the "prize value" salvage reward they do for ships.
Hills of south carolina are out of its juristiction.
Why shouldn't "finders keepers" apply here? If their jet crashed, unoccupied, on my land, why ain't it mine now? At least do the "prize value" salvage reward they do for ships.
Sadly the law of salvage is only part of maritime law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_salvage Hills of south carolina are out of its juristiction.
This sounds too ridiculous to be true. I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a gambit to flush out an intelligence leak rather than an inability to find their own $160M plane.
This sounds too ridiculous to be true. I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a gambit to flush out an intelligence leak rather than an inability to find their own $160M plane.
It’s definitely BS. Transponders aside, the US has radar and near real-time satellite imagery of every square inch of American territory. There is a zero percent chance they don’t know where this plane is.
Only the weather satellites in geostationary orbits provide near real-time imagery, and they lack the resolution to spot something the size of an aircraft. High resolution images come from spy satellites in highly inclined low orbits which provide only intermittent coverage of any particular location. And they can't see through clouds.
I’m surprised that a crashing F-35 wouldn’t generate enough fire and smoke to be easily detected.
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They should be able to track gross location on radar. The stealth capabilities are mostly focused on thwarting precise location and missile guidance radars. The issue here is finding the precise crash site. General location should be known. Trying to find it under the tree canopy could be more challenging depending on how rural it is.
I think they do have the general location, they keep mentioning two lakes near the base. So I suspect it's at the bottom of one of them, although then it's odd they are asking for public help finding them.