Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet

#951
#951
Obsessed said:
They have the tech and knowledge to do something of this caliber.
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That thought crossed my mind when they released the red herring satellite photos. Either they have horrible imaging, or that was an intentional curveball. Everything about this is off.
 
#954
#954
Burhead said:
Further problems with the, "Stole it for a future op" are below;

1. A group can only hide a jumbo jet for so long before discovery

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2. Once they decide to carry out said op they will not get far at all. As soon as it approaches say US or Israeli airspace it is going to get shot down on sight.
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Yep, and the hanger size needed for a 777 type aircraft is pretty large. So concealing it from plain sight is not going to be a trivial task as I doubt many airports have that sort of capacity without someone noticing.
 
#956
#956
davethevol said:
That thought crossed my mind when they released the red herring satellite photos. Either they have horrible imaging, or that was an intentional curveball. Everything about this is off.
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You honestly think the Chinese gave the best resolution satellite images they had?

If we were in the same position, I doubt very much we would be giving out out high resolution photos.
 
#957
#957
Grand Vol said:
You honestly think the Chinese gave the best resolution satellite images they had?

If we were in the same position, I doubt very much we would be giving out out high resolution photos.
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No, I don't think they did which is why I think they would be able to tell pretty easily that it wasn't a plane.
 
#958
#958
Velo Vol said:
Who? The government?
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Chinese terrorists are plausible. And if (big if here) they tried to fly it into say western China/Tibet area, they would have to cross the Himalayas. And that can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.

But still, the Chinese are typically at odds with India, so I wouldn't imagine the southern portion doesn't have some sort of radar coverage, even in the mountains.
 
#960
#960
Grand Vol said:
Chinese terrorists are plausible. And if (big if here) they tried to fly it into say western China/Tibet area, they would have to cross the Himalayas. And that can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.

But still, the Chinese are typically at odds with India, so I wouldn't imagine the southern portion doesn't have some sort of radar coverage, even in the mountains.
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I believe they have a claim on parts of Kashmir right?
 
#961
#961
davethevol said:
No, I don't think they did which is why I think they would be able to tell pretty easily that it wasn't a plane.
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Depends on the type of satellite they sent over. I doubt very seriously they put their best photo recon birds on this job. I'm reasonably certain they have other (read more important) taskings.

So the chances of this being the resolution they sent out is plausible. But I'd be willing to bet they either didn't have a better satellite in position or they didn't send it.
 
#965
#965
Obsessed said:
I'm not Chinese. I have no idea.


It's just a theory.
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I can't say much since it's about as plausible as anything else out there right now.

I'm not sure which Chinese news agency to check, but I'm wondering if their government is pressing this as hard as they should.
 
#966
#966
Burhead said:
Tell me where some rag-tag group of terrorists are going to get some nukes from Mav, please I'm really waiting to hear this.
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Extremely unlikely they would have access to full-blown nukes, especially enough to fill the plane, but it wouldn't be farfetched for them to attain enough material to create a low-yield dirty nuke.
 
#968
#968
Weezer said:
Extremely unlikely they would have access to full-blown nukes, especially enough to fill the plane, but it wouldn't be farfetched for them to attain enough material to create a low-yield dirty nuke.
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That is a pretty scary scenario. Not even a low yield nuke, but a dirty bomb over a major populated area?
 
#969
#969
Grand Vol said:
That is a pretty scary scenario. Not even a low yield nuke, but a dirty bomb over a major populated area?
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The challenge would be getting over a major populated area. You don't have the benefit of surprise because nations are going to be apprehensive with a missing jumbo jet out there. It'll be a shoot first, ask questions later in any situation involving an unidentified aircraft.

FTR, I personally still think it more likely the plane crashed into the ocean, but until the wreckage is found, if ever, you have to err on the side of caution.
 
#970
#970
Weezer said:
The challenge would be getting over a major populated area. You don't have the benefit of surprise because nations are going to be apprehensive with a missing jumbo jet out there. It'll be a shoot first, ask questions later in any situation involving an unidentified aircraft.
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Which is why I have problems with the it was stolen theory. As soon as it got in the air and going the people in charge will see it.
 
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