I'd add (for anyone who wasn't keeping up with your other thread) that while 5-6000m seems like a lot of horizontal separation for this kind of spotting, don't take it literally.
The game has an arbitrary time limit for detection to occur. Meaning that a target has to be within a set of parameters for some arbitrary amount of time to be detected. If the sensor in question is on a plane, it moves so quickly that it's very easy for the plane to miss the target. More simply put, the plane needs to fly a certain path length within a given range for there to be a detection chance, otherwise it's not overhead long enough to spot.
BTW, in those strategic bombing survey interviews, the ASW pilot said that they'd try and maintain contact on a sub for a couple DAYS. Imagine if being spotted yesterday resulted in an increased airstrike probability within a circle = 15 knots * nighttime hours.
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