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To: NorseViking
It weights 143 kg for a change. An IED pulverizing Abrams tank weights 6,5 kg.

143 kg equals 315 pounds for those unfamiliar with weight conversions. Depending on the version, S-300 missile warheads contain roughly 200 to 300 pounds of TNT, which is not unsubstantial. Regardless, their maximum range of 120 km means that this missile's impact point was far beyond the range of any Russian-held territory of from Belarus.

So it's Ukrainian, and either failed to self-destruct after missing a Russian missile that it was launched to intercept, or was fired in surface-to-surface mode as a deliberate false flag. Given the frequency of Ukraine's older S-300 anti-air missiles missing their targets and then falling and exploding on Ukrainian territory, my guess is that this old missile's self-destruct mechanism also failed to detonate and it flew until it ran out of fuel.

79 posted on 11/17/2022 7:01:51 AM PST by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Always A Marine

Ah, A voice of sanity. Thank you, sir.


80 posted on 11/17/2022 7:04:15 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Always A Marine

Question: Is it possible the charge went off before it crashed in Poland? I honestly don’t know.


81 posted on 11/17/2022 7:08:17 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Always A Marine

The version of malfunction is unlikely. They hit residential buildings in Kiev because of use in urban area contrary to the manuals.
It is still controlled by the command channel, meaning the idea that it was fired against the targets flying from southeast but hit the farm in the northwest is quite fantastic.


82 posted on 11/17/2022 7:15:57 AM PST by NorseViking
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