Kikapu wrote:Paphitis wrote:The issue is that they will reveal the true range of their radar which is information that no official organ has released ever!
I admit, that the secrecy of the above would make sense to me, then they should know where the MH370 crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean if the range of detection goes as far from Australia as where the search has been going on for the last 2 months, but they have nothing to show for. Then it raises questions as to why they were looking at the wrong place initially at the “Roaring Forties” or are the Aussies playing the bluff game in trying to make others think that their JORN Radar Network can reach as far as where the search for MH370 is going on?
Perhaps JORN is not as good as you think it is, Paphitis.
To me it all appears very suss that the Australian Intelligence Community is aware of certain facts. This could be from a variety of sources from Pine Gap to JORN.
So let's assume that is the case. Let's say JORN detected MH370. The area it was detected would result in it being quickly classified as a non threat. They would not concern themselves with the aircraft. They would not have known what aircraft it was. They may have assumed that the aircraft was US Military but they would not be worried about it unless it made a turn towards Australia. But why and how? Well, it could be from a US Carrier. One time, in the Indian Ocean, US Navy Intruders intercepted Australian Customs Aircraft because the detected the radar signature and were passing within 100 miles of a US Aircraft Carrier. The followed the Australian Customs aircraft, identified it, and left it alone.
Now Pine Gap, JORN and Australian Intelligence do not communicate with other Governments and would not report these types of events but everything is recorded and stored on huge computers.
Then, the biggest clue for me, was when the Australian Government formed the JACC and made Angus Houston as the Head. Angus Houston was a career Airman in the RAAF, and became the Chief of Staff just after General Cosgrove who was responsible for Interfet (East Timor). Angus Houston held a higher security clearance than the Australian Prime Minister even. Why was he appointed?
Could it be so that the Australian Intelligence community can feed him certain facts about MH370 and be certain that the information is disguised and cloaked in secrecy?
That is a big possibility.
One more thing, it would have taken quite some time for this information to be filtered through to the JACC in secrecy. It would not have been immediate and in the beginning they may not have been willing to divulge anything. Also, they would only be able to narrow down the search area to some extent. They would not have been able to pin point it.