Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 1599431)

I'm not a truther. I just happened to have a security clearance with a need to know when I was an Air Force officer.

Also, most strategic weapons are smaller than regional jets. How big of a signature do you think they look for?

Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 1599447)

I'm not saying it wasn't brought down by nefarious forces just that it didn't go the way of TWA 800 or anything similar.

Originally Posted by PolarBear (Post 1599445)

For those who fly the C-172s as flight instructors to build hours, to those who fly a regional jet at minimal wages, to those that aspire to fly a big jet internationally, this is the real world that you will enter and the responsibilites you will undertake.

Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 1599403)

Iran is the last group that would do something like this to China. China and (and Russia) have always been somewhat reluctant to apply sanctions against Iran...they have dragged down the west's efforts to contain the Iranian nuclear program. Iran wouldn't bite that hand...I can't even think of why they would want to.

Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 1599447)

I'm not saying it wasn't brought down by nefarious forces just that it didn't go the way of TWA 800 or anything similar.

Originally Posted by web500sjc (Post 1599471)

if it fell apart up high, there would be a large debris field, like TWA, comet or Lockerbie...

Originally Posted by web500sjc (Post 1599471)

if it fell apart up high, there would be a large debris field, like TWA, comet or Lockerbie...

Originally Posted by FDXLAG (Post 1599459)

Not to mention Malaysia is an Islamic country.