Originally Posted by
2unlimited
Are we really to believe that if a MIG intercepted a flight with over 170 passengers, and there would not have been a photo or video of the intercepting fighter jet?
Here is a video showing an example of an interception.
Having been on both sides of this "game" I'd offer the opinion that it certainly used to be possible to intercept an airliner and
not make yourself visible to those on board....That video is
one example of how it might be done, without embellishing things too much I'll just say other techniques/tactics certainly used to be available.
Personally I think as you say in the case of the FR intercept there are obviously still doubts about whether the MIG existed or not but the fundamental point I'd make is that you'd have to be darned brave to assume that just because you hadn't seen a fighter ATC was telling you about that it didn't exist and there wasn't a threat.