Chinese drone identifies as an RAF Typhoon !
Chinese drone identifies as an RAF Typhoon !
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MartG

Original Poster:

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230 months

ADS-B showed a Typhoon flying over China

https://airlive.net/military/2026/06/06/a-large-ch...

BrettMRC

5,711 posts

186 months

Yesterday (09:49)
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Speed would be a giveaway! hehe

johnymac

426 posts

197 months

Yesterday (11:59)
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If there were to be any military confrontation, an enemy being able to spoof your forces identity could be a real headache though.

MartG

Original Poster:

22,545 posts

230 months

Yesterday (12:09)
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johnymac said:
If there were to be any military confrontation, an enemy being able to spoof your forces identity could be a real headache though.
I'm pretty sure military IFF is more secure than ADS-B

JoshSm

4,072 posts

63 months

Yesterday (12:25)
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johnymac said:
If there were to be any military confrontation, an enemy being able to spoof your forces identity could be a real headache though.
ADS-B says whatever you tell it to, no one is using it to positively identify anything.