Subj : Re: Up, Up, and away, in
To   : Gamgee
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Feb 07 2023 15:03:00

  Re: Re: Up, Up, and away, in
  By: Gamgee to Moondog on Tue Feb 07 2023 07:39 am

 > -=> Moondog wrote to MRO <=-
 > 
 >  > that's not good enough. it should be shot down before entering our airspa
 > 
 >  Mo> Then the  Chinese know how fast our detection process is.  In
 >  Mo> Afghanistan the Taliban would plant IED's in order to study the
 >  Mo> methods of EOD squads.  In some situations the EOD waited until
 >  Mo> sundown to prevent from being observed.
 > 
 > Do you think the Taliban doesn't have night-vision equipment?
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... All the easy problems have been solved.

Even if they did, EOD teams travel with security teams which keep observers
and passers by several hundred yards from the device being dismantled. 
Assumming  no one noticed this group of guys NODS with magnification
recording video, they would also require a clear line of sight to see what
the EOD guys are doing.

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