A few years ago i would call you crazy. Now, it is more then likely. Pilot could not control it, ejected, black hat maybe kept it going. Or white hat stopped a major attack. If the pilot lost control, he would eject. If it is missing, then the entire system is operational. As for the transponder going dark, would it be safe to say if the pilot ehects, the black box abd transponder fry so they dont get into enemy hands?
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A few years ago i would call you crazy. Now, it is more then likely. Pilot could not control it, ejected, black hat maybe kept it going. Or white hat stopped a major attack. If the pilot lost control, he would eject. If it is missing, then the entire system is operational. As for the transponder going dark, would it be safe to say if the pilot ehects, the black box abd transponder fry so they dont get into enemy hands?
Me too.
It would go something like. What if? What if a pilot passes out during a mission? We could save the pilots life. We send a signal to deploy the eject.
What if a pilot went rouge we could send a signal to eject.
They will spin a story though.
I would be more inclined to believe a person hacked or went treason than I would AI or aliens did it.
South Carolina is this where the killer hornets came from too right before the toilet paper hoax?