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sharp_stick

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1. Anti aircraft missiles like the Buk

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:04 AM

Sep 2014

are designed to explode near the target (the airliner) and this sends thousands of small pieces of shrapnel at high speed through the plane tearing it apart in flight.

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What is a "High Energy Object"? [View all] napi21 Sep 2014 OP

Anti aircraft missiles like the Buk sharp_stick Sep 2014 #1

Something that has been accelerated to a high speed jeff47 Sep 2014 #2

OK. I thought of that too, but why is the notice so vague? napi21 Sep 2014 #6

Because they can't prove where the high-energy projectiles came from. jeff47 Sep 2014 #8

The Ukrainian rebels have surface to air missile systems. nt hack89 Sep 2014 #9

It's not vague. That is the technical term. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #11

"things. it was hit with things big and/or fast enough to do that kind of damage." unblock Sep 2014 #3

Posters 1 and 2 beat me to it. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #4

An object. With energy. randome Sep 2014 #5

Fragments from a missile warhead would be high energy objects. nt hack89 Sep 2014 #7

+1 tammywammy Sep 2014 #13

Solid masses traveling at high rates of speed. Xithras Sep 2014 #10

My guess was going to be...My toddler at 6am NightWatcher Sep 2014 #12