Originally Posted by
MySaabStory
That’s like when I used to watch those movies about the CIA tracking and killing all those terrorists with crazy high-tech satellites and seal teams. Then it took like 20 years to catch Osama.
I've been in the room for that, it's real. But they mostly use airstrikes. UBL had a lot of help to stay hidden. The PAK ISI was pretty familiar with the TTPs used to locate and track badguys... and they are, shall we say, sympathetic to the badguys.
Originally Posted by
MySaabStory
Basically it’s impossible to catch the “meow” bandit(s)
That being said.... if they can catch me, I will happily shred my own certificate.
FCC has mobile DF units for exactly this reason... locating unauthorized users of the RF spectrum. Otherwise it would be the wild wild west out there.
The challenge for aircraft is it would take a while to get a plane DF-ed when no other planes were within the RMS error. Once you do that, just have feds meet the plane at the gate and secure the CVR as evidence. Would also need a flight that landed within 2 hours of the offense. So some effort required, but the FCC employs people who do that for a living. You'd only have to do it once and all the rest would STHU...