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They also hide certain aircrafts.


ADSB Exchange does not. https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/

As another commenter noted, not every aircraft advertises itself using ADS-B, but the majority do - even military. I’m no expert here, but I think the distinction is that military aircraft operating outside of civilian airspace don’t need to. But some do anyway - I’ve seen a U-2 flying at 62k feet over the Southwestern US show up on ADS-B exchange. There’s no need for it to do so, as no civilian aircraft flies at altitudes that high.


In most cases I've personally witnessed (I have an RTL-SDR decoding ADS-B transmissions in the vicinity of my home) the interesting aircraft (e.g. fighters) are not operating an ADS-B transmitter at all, so there's nothing to hide. Some sites (adsbexchange.com comes to mind) do not filter anything.


About the only thing that's gone past me without any transponders are the civilian marked up Dauphin II used by the SAS...




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