China likely has it already. I suspect they got a hold of the ‘high tech’ (meaning GPS) navigation system and spoofed it to one of their many boats hanging out in the Atlantic. Once the pilot realized he had no control of plane (it was basically a remote-controlled drone at that point), he wisely bolted.
Just a hunch, but I base it on the performance of the IDIOTS in charge of the Ukraine War and the fact that something like half of the people working in the design of our high-tech military hardware have Chinese (or at least Asian) roots, as intelligent Americans are too busy going into finance, law, or playing video games.
THAT makes more sense than anything I’ve read!
Could the pilot be LYING?? What’s his name?? Could he have landed somewhere and another pilot took it over?
China likely has it already. I suspect they got a hold of the ‘high tech’ (meaning GPS) navigation system and spoofed it to one of their many boats hanging out in the Atlantic. Once the pilot realized he had no control of plane (it was basically a remote-controlled drone at that point), he wisely bolted.
OK. As good an explanation as I have heard. 900 nm range gave it quite a distance to go into the Atlantic. I am wondering why they can’t track the aircraft by satellite.
your theory is better than mine (its in the Great Dismal Swamp)
I fear that is a plausible scenario. This vague “mishap” cover-up story is such BS.
The “B” variant is a short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL). It would be tough to land it remotely on a Chinese craft in ocean.
China likely has it already. I suspect they got a hold of the ‘high tech’ (meaning GPS) navigation system and spoofed it to one of their many boats hanging out in the Atlantic.
At the unclassified level, this is not an unreasonable scenario.
If so the military would have grounded all F-35s immediately. Unless they are idiots.