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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by victorbjorklund on Saturday December 28, 2024 @07:04AM (#42530438)
Why would russia shoot down a plane if it was someone defecting TO russia?
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by concerndc1tizen on Saturday December 28, 2024 @09:59AM (#42531461)
"In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state." - Wikipedia

You can have defectors internally in the country. In Russia, defectors have a tendency to fall out of a window, regardless of who might be walking on the street (collateral damage).

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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by mafuy on Saturday December 28, 2024 @05:39PM (#42535462)
Nonsense. You would catch the person after landing instead of downing an entire plane.
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