Broader ISR collection architecture (not “MH370 was Orion”)
Working hypothesis of the Drive research programme
If alleged video were authentic, a test/collection architecture could involve a subject aircraft plus airborne/space collectors, C2 links, sensor fusion and PED. Programme overlap with MAGIC/Orion/Gorgon Stare/Blue Devil is documented. The bridge to MH370 is not.
The working report’s bottom line: documented programmes, budgets, contractors, capabilities and dates; plausible but unproven technology transfer and use of a collector against MH370; not established that MH370 was a military test asset, that Orion/ISIS tracked it, that the videos are authentic, or that 9M-MRO was externally controlled. The core bridge problem is to place one specific platform, sensor, command link, contract, deployment or test event in both the programme chain and the MH370 time/geographic window.
Sources
- MH370 US Military ISR Working Research Report v1 (Drive)
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