[RC one]

I read that it could be turned off from the cockpit via breakers and that there would be an orange warning light that would come on if you did this. I think we have to consider the possibility of electronic warfare involvement of one or more varieties. A plane can be made invisible to radar. Radio signals can be blocked. Transponders can be copied and resent from different locations and pretty much anything with a computer can be hacked at some level. I think we can conclude that there was either something very important to someone on that plane or the plane itself was stolen in order to be refitted as a weapon against the US. these are the two basic theories that I am stuck on. There were US DOD employees on the plane. there were Iranians on the plane. There were Chinese tech specialists on the plane who worked for companies known to have hacked things like Google. Nothing about this dispearance screams low tech IMO.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“There were Chinese tech specialists on the plane who worked for companies known to have hacked things like Google.”

As long as we're all allowed to speculate, does Iran need specific expertise to help them get beyond the software viruses that have plagued their nuclear program? Or was there expertise on that plane that could help them with missile guidance systems?