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In reply to the discussion: Malaysia Airliner Communications Shut Down Separately: US Officials Say [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)49. I love creative use of straw men, misdirection and ability to deftly twist away from the obvious
It makes life so much more interesting than just acknowledging uncomfortable information.
The fact that the aircraft is not under the control of properly authorized personal was definitively established when a military system tasked with protecting that nation saw an unidentified large aircraft on their radar screen and it matched a trajectory, position and radar signature of a civilian airliner that had gone dark.
They didn't just ignore it. As that Malaysian official said - "There is only confusion if you want to see confusion"
And there most certainly isn't any evidence that supports the idea that this craft has been exchanged with another 777 full of nukylar stuff
No one said that had happened. But to accomplish that 6 months or a year from now would be a reason for stealing it today.
If that Malaysian Air flight were to resume today, don't you think somebody might ask a few questions?
If it were to resume? Seriously? But say in 6 months there is another 777 from a different airline flying from somewhere like the Philippines to a city they want to target. Now that you understand the gaps in aircraft tracking over large bodies of water; given resources do you see any opportunity for taking out the one in route, setting your transponders with its ident codes and continuing the flight path it was on?
The idea that it is a "progressive failure event" no longer has any merit at all. It is less likely than your wormhole.
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Malaysia Airliner Communications Shut Down Separately: US Officials Say [View all]
uppityperson
Mar 2014
OP
As the debris, and the oil slick, and other information, it may prove untrue, but I thought it worth
uppityperson
Mar 2014
#2
A commercial airliner would be an excellent delivery device for a weapon's system.
kristopher
Mar 2014
#39
I love creative use of straw men, misdirection and ability to deftly twist away from the obvious
kristopher
Mar 2014
#49
Wouldn't a fire that took all of those things out, also destroy the auto pilot mechanisms?
freshwest
Mar 2014
#29
Yeah but at that point they'd be desperate to contact ATC somewhere for a divert..
EX500rider
Mar 2014
#64
What's the wing width of a 777? Interstate highways were designed to act as emergency runways.
freshwest
Mar 2014
#32
Maybe we haven't heard their demands because they couldn't land where they planned to land. OTOH,
freshwest
Mar 2014
#44
Those were my words, my editorializing, not the article. It is all very interesting, am thinking
uppityperson
Mar 2014
#28
I see it more as we don't know, but are trying to pull together whatever we can and now have to
uppityperson
Mar 2014
#20
"missing jet transmitted its location repeatedly to satellites over the course of five hours..."
Princess Turandot
Mar 2014
#34
If it transmitted its location for 5 hours, then what were the bleeping locations???
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#40