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NickB79

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19. Hell of a coincidence to find a nozzle from the exact model missile in a debris pile from the jet

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #17)

Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:22 PM

Jun 2016

That crashed and try to claim the piece didn't come from the missile that downed the jet that day.

I mean, Ukraine is a BIG country; it's almost the size of Texas. I don't think the Soviets were chucking around THAT many BUK missiles in the 80's.

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MH17 crash: Big Buk missile part found in Ukraine [View all] Eugene Jun 2016 OP

OUCH!!! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2016 #1

Putin Troll Patrol in 3...2...1.... jpak Jun 2016 #2

I'm the complete opposite of a Putin flunky/Truther on this, but either geek tragedy Jun 2016 #3

It does not say "recently." Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #5

point being this is the first we're hearing about it, curious as to why geek tragedy Jun 2016 #6

"The JIT interim report explains the progress of the criminal inquiry. The experts are studying a" Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #7

that's one hell of a jigsaw puzzle to put together, wow. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #8

Maybe they are trying to pressure the Russians csziggy Jun 2016 #10

It takes time to go through the debris. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #14

Look at the pic on that site. joshcryer Jun 2016 #15

This can't possibly be true. RT said it was a Ukrainian fighter jet Major Nikon Jun 2016 #4

It's always been pretty clear that it was a missile dynamo99 Jun 2016 #11

This reminds me of our search for "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq arendt Jun 2016 #9

The Ukrainians are assholes. And so are the Russians. FrodosPet Jun 2016 #16

How come it looks like it came off an old car that's been rotting in a field fifty years? jmowreader Jun 2016 #12

Ever see steel left to the elements? NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #13

Of course I have... jmowreader Jun 2016 #17

Hell of a coincidence to find a nozzle from the exact model missile in a debris pile from the jet NickB79 Jun 2016 #19

Do you have witnesses to the find? jmowreader Jun 2016 #20

The issue is NOT that BUK but what generation of BUK happyslug Jun 2016 #21

And how much worse would things have been if the U.S. Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #24

That is a decision every country has to make... happyslug Jun 2016 #27

Please... There are lots of "undeniable" acts that countries still deny to this day Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #30

It wouldn't be this intact. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #25

Moscow should feel free to come clean anytime now... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #18

About what? That the Rebels shot down a plane the Rebels thought was hostile? happyslug Jun 2016 #22

And who taught the rebels how to operate such complex machinery? Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #23

I suspect this was Ukrainian troops who had defected to the Rebels. happyslug Jun 2016 #28

So if it's "Ukrainian defectors"... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #29

Bullshit. The finger pointing over that episode has been furious from the first second. GoneFishin Jun 2016 #26