Paphitis wrote:Anyway, let's hope I am wrong and the B777 managed to fly low level over India, Pakistan and into Iran where it is going to get retrofitted for a nuclear strike against Tel Aviv or New York by flying low level over Iraq, Turkey, Greece, London, the Atlantic and then to Manhattan. Yep, sounds plausible to me.
Here are my
"James Bond" scenarios for the benefit of our good friend, Demonax.
The Boeing triple seven's size has many advantages, like long distance flying, as well as being able to carry large cargo. One does not need this aircraft to put a nuclear bomb in it. A Boeing 737 size aircraft would do just fine for that, and if it needs to fly a longer distance than it is designed for, then just add extra fuel tanks in the cargo hold and put the nuclear bomb in the cabin section, after taking all the seats out. So why the need for a large cargo carrying ability for the terrorist?
But before I get there, how would the terrorist get the B-777 into the sky to go to it's target without being noticed, specially now that the whole world is looking for it?
James Bond scenario 1. One way to do it would be, that when the time is ready for the B-777 to be sent on it's target, is for the terrorist to hijack another aircraft that was flying to the target area, and then turn off everything that would transmit information, such as the transponder and so on, and immediately for the B-777 to take over and start sending the same information (a copy) of the newly hijacked plane, from it's pre programmed software. In another words, the B-777 has replaced the newly hijacked aircraft as far as the ground is concerned and the newly hijacked plane does not exist to the ground personnel. Now the B-777 is flying normal to its target. Once it arrives close to its target, it can turn off all transmission and become semi stealth and head to its target. What is the target?
James Bond scenario 2. Yes, New York is always the prime target for any terrorist, but London, Paris, Brussels are not any less valuable to the terrorist, specially the latter cities are much faster to get to if the aircraft is hidden in our part of the world right now. But depending who would be behind this terrorist attack and what they want to achieve, is what will determine what the target would be. I think an economic devastation of the west could be an option, and if so, how would you do it with one aircraft? Getting a nuclear bomb and fly it to a city and destroying it is a bit far fetched, even by James Bond standard scenarios, because getting a nuclear weapon is not so easy, but getting hold of thousand tons of Radioactive Nuclear waste materials is much more easily available. So why not turn the B-777 into a giant
"Dirty Bomb" and crash it into any one of the financial cities in the world, like New York, London, Singapore or Hong Kong. But there is a much easier and more damaging target than the mentioned above cities, as well as much easier to get to. The Saudi Arabian oil fields. Imagine what would a large
"Dirty Bomb" going off at the major Oil fields in Saudi Arabia where they pump about 8 million barrels a day to the world all becoming Radioactive for the next 1,2,3,4,5 hundred years, that would effect the world's economy? Other countries that produce oil will be able to charge what ever they want for their oil, not to mention wars breaking out to take others oil fields by those who would need it the most.
After 9/11, everything is possible my friends, and unless the B-777 is found soon in one way or the other, I fear the worst for all of us.
