Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disaster, report finds

Re:Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disas... by peyton on Sunday January 25, 2026 @06:23PM (#46759719)

It would seem the air defense systems used could not reliably determine what you imply they should [1][2]. I’m not sure where you’re coming from, or why it would matter what one country was known or not known to do.

[1]: https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/18/12951/how-can-a-...

[2]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/07/18...

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Re:Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disas... by lostlogin on Sunday January 25, 2026 @07:38PM (#46760316)

> why it would matter what one country was known or not known to do.

It absolutely matters.

Flying over a war zone with known anti aircraft missiles is quite different to flying over a low level conflict that is using small arms only.

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Re:Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disas... by fluder_tw on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:01AM (#46762987)

There was no war zone at that time.

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Re:Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disas... by kubanczyk on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:23AM (#46764337)

> Flying over a war zone with known anti aircraft missiles is quite different to flying over a low level conflict that is using small arms only.

What was in the news at the time, and the news are still linked from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas#Escalation_in_Ma...

2 June 2014: "Luhansk airstrike"

14 June 2014: "A Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD was shot down"

20 June 2014: "The insurgents [...] shot down a Su-25 bomber."

14 July 2014: "Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes targeting insurgent positions across Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The Ukrainian government said that 500 insurgents were killed"

17 July 2014: "DPR forces shot down a civilian passenger jet, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17"

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