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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 04 January 2024, 15:58:59 »I'm well aware how ADSB works. I was making a comment on the quality of the Sky reporting that postulated the above, and I'd be very surprised if any aircraft, military, civil or other, was allowed to operate from an international commercial airport without some form of EC.
I wouldn't be surprised. Many of the Japanese airports are dual use Military/Civil (Ok - not Narita, Haneda, Nagoya). Chitose/Sapporo is one such airport (from where the A350 departed)
Fighter jets in particular rarely have Mode S, and even those that do usually have it turned off. Yes they do also have sophisticated military IFF and that usually is turned on, but that won't show up on a civil airports ground SSR.
However, in this instance the Dash 8 did have Mode S, and it was turned on and operational. Therefore it should have shown up on the airports ground SSR, although it would not show up on things like FR24. Which I accept is piss poor reporting by Sky and others.