I was just sitting here thinking, we constantly talk about countries like Iran and North Korea getting nukes but not having the delivery system for the warheads to affect the US.

It's looking more and more like the plane didn't crash, but rather was hijacked.

Is it possible terrorists or people affiliated with one of the aforementioned countries crafted a plan to steal a plane, load it down with a nuclear warhead since they have no delivery system to fire it, and fly it below the radar to some location like Israel or maybe even the US coast and detonate?

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Posted by C

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:05 pm to deltaland

Both countries have airplanes so why do they need to steal one?

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Posted by 03GeeTee

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:13 pm to deltaland

quote:
I was just sitting here thinking

Are you sure?

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:14 pm to deltaland

That's a long flight under the radar assuming its somewhere in SE Asia going all the way to the US.

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Posted by blueboy

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:20 pm to deltaland

Yeah, they could just buy an airplane without raising all of this fuss.

Tinfail.

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Posted by notiger1997

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:32 pm to deltaland

In the things that I consider scary, this scenario is around 997 on my list. Right behind walking into a hornets nest accidently.

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Posted by NoSaint

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:39 pm to deltaland

So your theory is that North Korea or Iran can build or obtain nuclear weapons but lacking a plane to deliver them is the big obstacle, so they hijacked and stole a 777?

Is that an accurate summary?

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Posted by Mizzoufan26

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 9:50 pm to deltaland

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and fly it below the radar

That's tough, the lower an airplane flies the more fuel its going to use.

In order to reach the U.S. mainland it would have to have a pretty opportune place to either currently be storing it now or refuel along the way.

While scary as you pointed out, probably unlikely which any scenario of it reaching the U.S.

Except maybe Hawaii