[Uncle Chip]

Of course, competent operator can distigtuish between small attacking fighter-bomber and airliner based on limited indicators above but it is not the case for a noob who are still able to lock on and hit target like it is a video game.

What are the odds that the Russians would trust a weapon like this in the hands of a "noob" especially when its commercial planes fly over the area as well???

[kabar]

Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, who called the emergency meeting, was more emphatic on assessing blame for the crash. And Ms Power it is likely that Russian military personnel were at the controls of the missile battery that downed the airliner.