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Originally Posted by klinton
BLABLABLA.
rebels did it by mistake.
who benefits from it ? "Anti-Russian" coalition.
why rebels shot it ? a) by their mistake and stupidity b) by provocation (ie: other jet - ukrainian warplane - flying around MH17).
could b) be true ? is it possible to mistake civil airplane with military one in BUK system ? thats first question, the other is: would any ukrainian pilot risk being shot down and fly around rebels and MH17 ?.
2) Ukrainians did it ?nah, not possible... Russians would be screaming around already with proofs...
any other possibilities ? dont think so
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From what I read last night (I'm sure our Russian friends will correct me) the BUK system has 3 vehicles. Two of them are basically the brains, one is the braun. The braun can work on its own without the brains, but clearly it's capabilities would be limited. It is able to detect friendly aircraft, but it cannot identify what unfriendly aircraft are. In this scenario, it's possible that they detected an aircraft, had no way of knowing it was passenger so they assumed it was enemy, and fired.