Re:MH17 missile 'brought in from Russia'
by anthonybsd on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @01:05PM
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AN-26 was hit with a MANPADS which cannot target altitude at which civilian airliners fly. No one at the time thought that Russia was crazy enough to supply the rebels with BUKs.
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Re:MH17 missile 'brought in from Russia'
by andreasley on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @02:42PM
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While the previous aircraft were downed by MANPADS or AA, the AN-26 in question was flying at an altitude only reachable by a SAM. At the bottom of this article [1] is a good overview of the shot-down aircraft over east Ukraine in 2014.
[1] http://airheadsfly.com/2014/07/15/ukraine-latest-an-26-downi...