With the spate of recent unfortunate incidents I wonder. Does the Navy monitor AIS?
I understand they may not want to broadcast on AIS, but a $1k Raymarine setup would likely have saved $3B of embarrassment and 17 lives.
USS Porter, USS Fitzgerald and now the McCain. In all cases the other ship was broadcasting AIS so perfectly visible. In the Porter case I think the other ship was in the radar shadow of a closer ship so sort of cloaked, but should again have been visible on AIS.
I ask this because I am adding AIS -B to the new boat with the expectation that I will be easily visible to commercial traffic, but I am wondering about the Navy
I understand they may not want to broadcast on AIS, but a $1k Raymarine setup would likely have saved $3B of embarrassment and 17 lives.
USS Porter, USS Fitzgerald and now the McCain. In all cases the other ship was broadcasting AIS so perfectly visible. In the Porter case I think the other ship was in the radar shadow of a closer ship so sort of cloaked, but should again have been visible on AIS.
I ask this because I am adding AIS -B to the new boat with the expectation that I will be easily visible to commercial traffic, but I am wondering about the Navy