So, I guess we can choose whether to believe General McInerney and his sources...or...?? Yours??
This guy has a reputation for credibility and has given plausible scenarios. He’s also said his Boeing sources were “covert”, which I’d take to mean other than the corporate PR flacks. Boeing is involved in many activities other than making airplanes, including supporting large scale communications networks and computer systems all around the world. Which is to say, a covert source could have access to data not available to most.
If in Pakistan, it is being refitted with extra fuel tanks that will enable it to be flown anywhere in the world with just maybe a nuke onboard.
You have Boeing confused with the CIA and so does the General.
Boeing sources put its plane in the waters off Australia.
The navies of 14 nations believe those Boeing sources enough to commit resources down there looking for it.
I’ll go with their Boeing sources.