Posted on 07/18/2014 6:20:56 AM PDT by C19fan
An expert believes that MH17 was downed by a missile fired from rebel-held Torez in eastern Ukraine - and a BUK launcher has been pictured rumbling into the town just two hours before the crash. Dr Igor Sutyagin, Research Fellow in Russian Studies from the Royal United Services Institute, believes that MH17 was shot down by rebels based in the 3rd District of Torez. Dr Sutyagin said the evidence that Russian separatists were responsible was very strong - and that there's even a suggestion the BUK missile launcher was being manned by soldiers from Russia. He said: ‘These separatists boasted on Twitter about capturing an BUK SA11 missile launcher [capable of downing high-flying airliners] on June 29, and several hours before the downing of the plane locals in Torez reported seeing BUK missile launchers and separatist flags around the city.'
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Interesting - I read that book as well, and do remember it being in there. But it’s not the first place I saw/read/heard it... there were a couple of documentaries on armored warfare that stated it as well.
Thanks for the correction, if it’s true.
“...Assad used the ZSU-23 with great effectiveness in the streets of Aleppo...”
That thing would be monstrous in a ground-support role...
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