Flight 370 & EMP Possibility

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Wouldn't the large jet that is not accounted for stick out like a sore thumb in the skies?

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If that was the case wouldn't we know where it was now?

The main thing I've learned from all this is, if there is something up there flying around (alien ships/missles) with a bomb or not, without a transponder on it and turned on, it will be too late to do anything about it before all the bantering back and forth is over with as to what the solution is to do about it.

Now if there is a picture of a dog's head painted on the front of the projectile there's no doubt shots will be fired immediately and questions asked later.

Swag stealin' ain't cool bro.

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why do people think Iran and North Korea don't have modern planes that take off from their airports on a weekly basis?

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This, the idea that they would go through all this trouble when they already have planes is ridiculous

applicability hear more so than there

OT knowledge swag

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If that was the case wouldn't we know where it was now?

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This would be a different style of flying. To get this jet high enough and far enough, it will be detected.

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why do people think Iran and North Korea don't have modern planes that take off from their airports on a weekly basis?

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It isn't that.

The issue is that the country's government couldn't outfit one of those planes with a nuke and send it on it's way. It would cause hell to rain down on them as soon as the US found out they did it.

So in essence, if this were to happen, it would have to be performed by a terrorist group needing a large plane capable of traveling long distances. Either they acquired a nuke through black market, or a certain government secretly gave them one or allowed them to 'steal" one.

So the terrorists hijacked a plane, and flew it somewhere where they could outfit it and refuel it.

I figure they have a few possible plans they could possibly try.

1. Fly it over countries with little technology that wouldn't notice it on radar, to somewhere like Israel and detonate there. This would fit the Iranian agenda and a nuke over Jerusalem would decimate that small country. I think this is most probable of the situations..but they'd have to get the plane close without being shot down, because Israel will shoot it down without hesitation. We are assuming the passengers on the plane will be used as hostages in the case that they are detected early on radar and need leverage to buy some time to get closer to the target. Israel wouldn't give a damn about the hostages.

2. Hit the U.S. Fly low overseas and try to get close to a major city like New York. Chances of being detected early are greater, though not impossible. Assume that all it has to do is get within range of the EMP blast to affect the city...even shooting down a plane won't stop a detonation if it is already armed and on a timer. A nukes casing is so strong it can withstand a substantial blast.

Also the U.S would be more likely to be slow in making a decision if hostages were involved and they didn't know a nuke was on board. Israel takes no chances, we on the other hand have a tendency to be too passive.

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Hit the U.S. Fly low overseas and try to get close to a major city like New York.

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I think the distance is far too great to try that. That distance plus all the defenses they would have to overcome... it's too much of a risk for a first strike.

I agree on Israel though. Surrounded by lower-tech countries that aren't exactly friendly to them, there might as well be a neon WELCOME sign flashing over a red carpet.

Even with that though, there will have to be a tremendous infrastructure in place as well as secure communications channels and no one involved running off at the mouth while they acquire the nuke then move the jet into a position to be able to hit Israel with it.

It's doable, but tough.

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Would it be possible that they could bring the plane into a small rural airport with the hostages, change out the transponders with one from another plane, repaint new numbers to match the ones on the plane that you took the transponders from, register the hostages under fake names and passports, put it on a flight plan, and head your way to a target destination?

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Absolutely but if they go to that much trouble I think they would just kill the hostages instead of putting them on the plane. Pull the window shades down and just say they are on there, maybe play a pre-recorded message from one to continue the BS for a little longer but if they did their jobs with the tail numbers and new transponder correctly I don't think they would ever need the hostages. Besides, losing that extra weight means a longer range for the plane.