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Of military force of moammar gadhafis army weve seen since weve been here. multiple rocket launchers, multiple tanks, artillery pieces, radar control, weapons systems, multiple soldiers, hundreds, possibly several thousand. multiple dozens upon dozens of large, heavy trucks, full of ammunition, ammunition for ak-47 to large tanks. the soldiers feel confident. the government feels confident. there was a real anticipation in the air of those soldiers on the outskirts today. there were other govern...

Air. as tom and i spoke off and on the air today, something catastrophic apparently happened at altitude with this flight crew and this airplane that seems to have caused a sudden pitch control problem, where the captain and the co-pilot could not control the up and down motion of this aircraft because of data returns weve seen from flight radar 24 show that the plane oscillating essentially in those last few seconds. i would imagine being a passenger on that flight would probably be pretty scar...

They turn out over the water, once you get 200 to 300 miles offshore, there is no radar. airplanes are not typically under radar control once they are out 200 or 300 miles over the ocean. that radar starts jent generally within 200 or 300 miles of reaching land. at that point the land based radar picks up up. once you are out over the water there is no radar. typically any radar system is as good as the equipment, which many times in these countries equipment is not as sophisticated as it is in ...