More like lasers manipulating sensors on the plane, or MITMing/jamming comms with ground/satellites/IFF systems, or interdicting component supply chains and ins

More like lasers manipulating sensors on the plane, or MITMing/jamming comms with ground/satellites/IFF systems, or interdicting component supply chains and inserting flaws into chips/sensors/controllers that can be triggered remotely. I don't claim to know exactly what anyone is doing, just that the surface area is large, the value of exploitation is high, and therefore countries would be willing to spend large amounts of money to obtain those capabilities.