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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by medo-bear on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:35AM (#42522956)
> BTW, this is (also) why the occasional Russian missile successfully penetrates the eastern flank of Europe. The damage potential of switching your entire air defense setup to a more aggressive posture will eventually result in civilian casualties.

How very reassuring. I doubt they would be turned off if Russia was actually targeting the eastern flank. Ukraine was targetting Chechnya. I wknder if our media will hold Ukraine accountable if it was indeed a Russian missile that brought the plane down, or even a prematurely exploding drone, or an actually intercepted drone that used the civilian plane as cover.

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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by AppleAtCha on Friday December 27, 2024 @02:19PM (#42525162)
Why would Ukraine be accountable for a Russian missile hitting a civilian plane?
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by ajuc on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:37PM (#42525811)
Because Russia is innocent by definition. That's how Russians actually think.
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by lostlogin on Friday December 27, 2024 @04:19PM (#42526135)
It’s hard to see how Russia’s neighbours will avoid war long term if attitudes like this exist in any significant number. It’s pretty grim.
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by medo-bear on Friday December 27, 2024 @04:24PM (#42526174)
If Iran launched drones againt Israel and Israel shot down a civilian airliner ... how would that be spun
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by ajuc on Saturday December 28, 2024 @02:21AM (#42529246)
If Israel invaded and annexed parts of Iran and openly demanded Iran as a state was destroyed? Pretty obvious.
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by medo-bear on Saturday December 28, 2024 @03:11AM (#42529429)
Like they are doing to Palestine ?
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by chgs on Friday December 27, 2024 @05:38PM (#42526728)
That’s how a large percent of the Us seems to think too
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