[monster_truck]

Saw some unsubstantiated claims that the planes shot down didn't even have it on

[DarkmSparks]

That is the basis for my theory. Not being on

And

Being on but jammed look the same from the perspective of the one shooting them down.

Also, I wonder how resilient it is to the gps spoofing that been going on. If they managed to trick it into identifying itself as a few hundred miles from where it actually was, then very hard to know where it actually is.

All of which is well within Irans technical capabilities.

[monster_truck]

It is subtantially more likely that this individual plane was tampered with or maintained incorrectly than these signals were anywhere close to being effectively jammed (but still less likely than them not having it on in the first place).

The power levels they are operating at are well into "do NOT stand in front of this" territory

[DarkmSparks]

iff is not high power, if it was then anything equipped with iff would all be vulnerable to any anti radiation missile made in the last 70 years.

[monster_truck]

You should know better