Ukraine Separatists Didn’t Launch That Missile
by Whoopie • 20 July, 2014 • Crime, Military • 0 Comments
Putin’s attempt to deflect responsibility for the shoot down of the civilian passenger jet Malaysia flight MH17 by blaming it on Ukrainian separatists is a sad joke.
Aside from the fact that these separatists wouldn’t have access to such sophisticated weapon systems but for Russia supplying them, the question is, who pushed the launch button and who gave the order to fire.
Here’s what the guidance and launch panel inside a Buk SA11 missile system looks like…
Does anyone seriously believe some swingin’ dick Ukrainian farmer could jump behind the controls, track, target and launch a successful missile strike on a plane flying 5 miles high and 50 miles away with little or no training?
The reason Russian weapons are so popular with terrorists the world over is that they’re designed so that even an illiterate peasant can operate them. However, this isn’t an AK-47 or RPG-7.
The typical soldier assigned to this task would require higher than average IQ and months of intensive training in front of a simulator to operate it efficiently. The missiles weigh 1,400 lbs. requiring a crane to load them and a team of technicians and mechanics to maintain the vehicle and electronics.
I highly doubt the Russians would hand over a system like this to unskilled dolts, toss them the keys and then walk away. Whoever was sitting behind that control panel was a Russian soldier and whoever gave him the order to fire was a Russian officer.
Ukrainian separatists may have been first on the scene expecting to find a downed Ukrainian military cargo plane, only to find civilian bodies instead. But the Russian military bears full responsibility.
Here’s a video demonstrating the Buk in operation and it’s crew launching a missile…
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