Quote of the day
you could throw a smart cell-phone out the window of an airplane over Alaska, and they could probably find it, but a three hundred million dollar fighter jet full of Joint Integrated Technology Up-The-Ass can disappear.
It was a toss up between that and the title of his post.
November 18th, 2010 at 10:57 am
One would think that the F22 was designed to be difficult to find.
November 18th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
But could you find that smartphone after it slammed into a mountain at… however fast that jet can go, effectively smooshing it into smithereens?
November 18th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Given the state of our nation, perhaps the Cold War era proverbial shoe is now on the other foot. American defector, perhaps?
November 18th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Plane found, pilot still missing.
http://defensetech.org/2010/11/17/f-22-wreckage-found-in-alaska-pilot-still-missing/
November 18th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
A phone would have to land in line of sight of a cell tower.
RML: then he prolly did the correct thing and ejected … but then he needs to survive parachuting into the bush and mountains, and then dodge the bears.
November 18th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/ak/images/alaska-small.gif
couple that with this map of coverage
http://www.cellphonedigest.net/cingular%20coverage%20map.htm
You could lose Delaware in Alaska and have a hard time finding it.