south over the indian ocean. if he did that the chance of civilian traffic control radar picking him up is small. as long as he aimed towards the m island nothing will pick it up. military radar is actually tracking? military radar there are a bunch of different kinds. in a nut shell they are essentially designed to track airplanes moving fast, maneuvering, have decoys, jam. they are called target tracking radars, the good ones. they are not going to lose an airliner that is mandering around at medium altitude. so, again, losing an air traffic control radar is relatively simple comparing to losing a military radar. where this guy apparently is flying and where the pings have been detected is what you and i talked about about a month ago