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coward76
1876 days ago
I imagine a future with smugglers and pirates which only move during the day and generate enough smoke and water vapor during scheduled flyover to hide their journey
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tankenmate
1876 days ago
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can see right through vapour and smoke.
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coward76
1876 days ago
I have revised my vision to remove the ineffective cloud and it now includes a cruise ship fiberglass "kitcar" shell instead.
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aerostable_slug
1876 days ago
Your wake will get you. They are titanic signatures.
Fun fact: a significant part of the Lockheed Sea Shadow program was wake suppression.
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mhh__
1876 days ago
I'm guessing following an enormous plume of smoke might not be a challenge.
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1_person
1876 days ago
or maybe they already use narco subs to avoid detection
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