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Diego Garcia has a large US Navy and Air Force base with ships (submarines) and aircraft like B1 supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. What about a plan to attack this Pearl Harbor style?

paint it black wrote:

markfiend wrote:

paint it black wrote:http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-ne ... l-20140312

In the absence of concrete data, speculation (even plausible speculation) like this will only proliferate.

you mean like here Mark

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5355 ... t-161.html

Blimey.

In this era where spy technology can hear and see a pin drop from a hundred miles above us I suspect somebody knows but I think then they'd have to explain how they know and from their perspective that might compromise their satellites, drones etc. Not paranoid me, oh, no.

Well there was that the other day...

China wrote:We've spotted wreckage on satellite images.

...

China wrote:Oh. No we haven't.

this is seriously scary. I can't even imagine what the families go through. anyways someone knows what has happenned. not making me feel much better about flying..ugh

Today's confirmation of some of the speculation is even more bizarre. And still no idea of destination, fate of the passengers, motive etc. Apparently ...

Something I read said that the pilot's and copilot's houses have been searched. WTF?

markfiend wrote:Something I read said that the pilot's and copilot's houses have been searched. WTF?

Mainly due to the fact that the transponders had to be turned off by somebody who knew what they were doing. They now seem to be hinting at the fact that they were both implicit in it.

My primary thought about that was "why is it even possible to turn off the transponders?"

markfiend wrote:My primary thought about that was "why is it even possible to turn off the transponders?"

Indeed.

If i understand correctly from what i hear in news, the pilot could turn off the transmitters of planes position system?

read this - https://plus.google.com/app/basic/strea ... z3vdhbop04

That actually is one of the first things I've read about this whole situation that makes sense.

indeed

just as well I came back then

PS. I am not making light of this situation

Strange however, that no official source has mentioned this yet or came to the same conclusion

Praise Blast. Was just reading this and... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2014/03/ ... -seen.html

Hope the families get some closure.

Interesting.

Courtney Love claims to have found it. Or lost it maybe.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 98965.html