Comment by johtso
2 years ago
This is beautiful! Definitely worth looking at the examples in the Github repo:
https://github.com/ClickHouse/adsb.exposed/
I particularly like the example of helicopters following the river Thames in London:
https://github.com/ClickHouse/adsb.exposed/?tab=readme-ov-fi...
Impressive. Though, for one of the examples, set in an area with active military conflict, I wondered whether the information is new and useful to anyone involved.
Nah. This data is all publicly available already and easily accessible for any motivated nation state. Who, if they're in the area, would also be able to use their own receivers and radars in any case.
Military planes that show up on ADS-B do so for either of the two reasons (or both):
a) to make civilian air traffic control life easier
b) as (strategic) signalling - this applies for example to NATO tankers and electronic intelligence platforms flying over the Eastern Flank.
Remember, you want your opponent to know how you can potentially hurt them if things go bad, that's the basis of deterrence. This is why for example certain aspects of nuclear weapon systems are completely out in the public.
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