There appears to be a high probability of a 4+ hours flight in a "9-11" transponders off situation. In the US/Euro they have scrambled the interceptors for far less than this incident. How do we reconcile a hijack style flight with zero response from the military?
1. it was detected, ignored, no action taken and the military kept quiet.
2. it was detected, action was taken and military kept quiet.
3. it was not detected. The military genuinely had no awareness, military telling the truth. Therefore the region has no effective air defense monitoring.
#1 is pretty clearly what Malaysia did, at least in real time. Remember the plane stayed within normal air transport corridors.
So the question is, would other countries respond similarly.
Since then it's clear the US has known since last Sat. and has been very quiet. Very artful language coming out of Malaysia as well ("can't confirm definitively...")
Why isn't the press asking other obvious countries what they did pick up?