well, all the talking heads seem to have settled on a Soviet based BuK system.
curiously absolutely no further info / examination on why the flight was diverted over the known danger zone. was the flight actually diverted or are we looking as a conspiracy track? was there a weather issue? that would be known. did "ground control" divert them? was the flight intentionally diverted to become a target?
curious conspirators want to know . . . .
one thing for sure, the shoulder mounted missiles as readily available to your garden variety terrorist cannot go to 11,000 meters.
and comma, reading the BuK 'system description' that requires three 'vehicles' -
a launcher - everybody has seen pictures of that
a radar tracking unit - not pictured in the popular press
a command center - integrates the radar tracking with targeting intentions and initiates the missile firing.
the 'pro-Soviet' forces are apparently known to possess / have seized launcher vehicles with intact missiles. but the 'pro Soviet rebels' are not reported to have either the command centers or the radar tracking vehicles and btw if they had them,,,, the technical expertise to operate the 'whole system'
so it appears momentarily that Russian military forces - current / ex- / special / black op / etc - have their bloody fingerprints all over the 'aide and abet' situation.
curiously absolutely no further info / examination on why the flight was diverted over the known danger zone. was the flight actually diverted or are we looking as a conspiracy track? was there a weather issue? that would be known. did "ground control" divert them? was the flight intentionally diverted to become a target?
curious conspirators want to know . . . .
one thing for sure, the shoulder mounted missiles as readily available to your garden variety terrorist cannot go to 11,000 meters.
and comma, reading the BuK 'system description' that requires three 'vehicles' -
a launcher - everybody has seen pictures of that
a radar tracking unit - not pictured in the popular press
a command center - integrates the radar tracking with targeting intentions and initiates the missile firing.
the 'pro-Soviet' forces are apparently known to possess / have seized launcher vehicles with intact missiles. but the 'pro Soviet rebels' are not reported to have either the command centers or the radar tracking vehicles and btw if they had them,,,, the technical expertise to operate the 'whole system'
so it appears momentarily that Russian military forces - current / ex- / special / black op / etc - have their bloody fingerprints all over the 'aide and abet' situation.