I was wtfing at the computer swap nonsense as well. Why would a secret Chinese fighter have a compatible instruction set and software with a secret American fighter. Why would the Chinese software which was likely designed around the highly specific hardware of the fighter it ran run without any issues on a mobo which was likely designed around a different highly specific hardware environment. And who the fuck uses parallel cables anymore...

What bothers you more, something like this show where they seem like they're trying to stay grounded in some level of realism but sometimes just give up/fail miserably or something that just treats the laws of physics like something scribed on the back of a napkin and does whatever it wants for the sake of plot/drama value.

Honerable Mention: How the heck do you 'hide' in space. If i remember my basic astronomy class properly everything emits radiation just by having a non-zero temperature. If you are scanning in the proper range you should see a big blip anywhere something is. Hiding in the sun might help to a degree but again, the sun's spectrum is probably not volatile enough to mask some big thing sitting between you and it radiating energy.