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ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)
19. 35000 feet would have made no difference.
Wed Jul 23, 2014, 05:33 AM
Jul 2014

The BUK system's missiles can reach altitudes of 72000 feet.

Yeah, no one that I've seen has said the idiots knew it was a Malaysian passenger plane with Cha Jul 2014 #1
Actually billhicks76 Jul 2014 #2
Please tell me what "credible sources" say Flight 800 was shot down. moriah Jul 2014 #5
Well the problem with that is how do you define who a terrorist is? davidpdx Jul 2014 #7
35000 feet would have made no difference. ColesCountyDem Jul 2014 #19
Crap davidpdx Jul 2014 #20
Yup. ColesCountyDem Jul 2014 #21
Terrorists don't distinguish between civilian and military. joshcryer Jul 2014 #16
I think the possibility that the idiots were drunk and decided to just shoot the damn thing off davidpdx Jul 2014 #8
Then how do you explain the U.S.S. Vincennes shootdown of the Iranian plane in the 80s daleo Jul 2014 #13
Mistake or not, I hope those who are responsible rot in prison davidpdx Jul 2014 #3
Precisely, david.. I don't know who would be in charge of that happening though since Russia Cha Jul 2014 #4
Maybe they should start hiring Chris Christie's PR firm davidpdx Jul 2014 #9
Yeah, RT.. what we say goes. End of story. Cha Jul 2014 #10
We snowjob you, you listen davidpdx Jul 2014 #12
So are we to assume Maynar Jul 2014 #6
SAM targeting is almost foolproof... heat seeking and proximity fuses lapfog_1 Jul 2014 #11
Even highly trained U.S. Naval crews have shot down civilian airliners daleo Jul 2014 #15
The flight profiles of an An-26 and Boeing 777 are hugely different. joshcryer Jul 2014 #17
I think it almost certainly was unintended. bluedigger Jul 2014 #14
It's questionable as to its benefits to Ukraine. joshcryer Jul 2014 #18
Locking... DonViejo Jul 2014 #22
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