WHY CAN’T THE UAVs BE USED FOR SEARCH OF MH 370??? On 18 May 2006, the FAA issued a certificate of authorization for M/RQ-1 and M/RQ-9 UAV to be used to search for survivors of disasters. The Predators infrared camera with digitally-enhanced zoom has the capability of identifying the heat signature of a human body from an altitude of 3 km (10,000 ft), making the aircraft an ideal search and rescue tool. The longest declassified Predator flight to date lasted for 40 hours, 5 minutes. Each Predator air vehicle can be disassembled into six main components and loaded into a container nicknamed the coffin. This enables all system components and support equipment to be rapidly deployed worldwide. The largest component is the ground control station and it is designed to roll into a C-130 Hercules. The Predator primary satellite link consists of a 6.1 meter (20 ft) satellite dish and associated support equipment. The satellite link provides communications between the ground station and the aircraft when it is beyond line-of-sight and is a link to networks that disseminate secondary intelligence. The RQ-1A system needs 1,500 by 40 meters (5,000 by 125 ft) of hard surface runway with clear line-of-sight to each end from the ground control station to the air vehicles. Initially, all components needed to be located on the same airfield. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator
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