Posted on 07/19/2014 9:56:10 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
Leaving a vapour trail in a clear blue sky, this was the scene seconds after a missile was sent screaming towards Flight MH17 at 1,900mph.
About two seconds after this picture was taken, the Malaysia Airlines jet was blown apart in mid-air. The rocket was apparently fired from the edge of Snizhne, a town controlled by pro-Moscow rebels.
It took 12 seconds to reach its target, which was flying at an altitude of 33,000ft.
‘This is the vapour path of the rocket which hit the Boeing,’ insisted Ukrainian intelligence chief Vitaliy Naida. Two days earlier, Snizhne itself was hit by missiles from what the rebels say was a Ukrainian warplane in an attack that shattered homes, killing 11 people. It is understood the rocket that downed the jet on Thursday was fired from a BUK launcher, a sophisticated surface-to-air missile system requiring months of training to use.
Jonathan Eyal, of the UK defence and security forum the Royal United Services Institute, said: ‘They [the rebels] could not have used this system without direct Russian involvement.’
Yesterday the Ukrainian government said it had proof that Russia had supplied the rocket launcher.
It said three of the devices crossed the border into Russia on Friday, less than ten hours after the jet was blown apart.
Discussing the picture, Dr Eyal said: ‘The smoke trail is consistent with the trail that would be produced by a BUK missile ten seconds after launch, perhaps a little less.
‘The picture is grainy but there appear to be other missile systems on the left.’
More pictures of the missile launcher emerged yesterday. They show what the Ukraine intelligence organisation SBU says is a convoy of three vehicles: a launching pad with four rockets; an empty missile platform and the command vehicle with launching equipment....
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You’re correct on that one.
Are you Vlad’s brother???
This video has emerged:
Moment black box recorder from flight MH17 is recovered
Zero's divide and conquer strategy of having so many scandals going at once that none of them get significant attention, seems to be working.
I saw a poll where immigration was the number one issue and it was like the top issue for 17% of the respondents.
To the same extent you’re King Barry’s son.
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