there you go commandir, no need for Russian friends to explain it
you may even buy that fancy redstar hat that the Buk crew is wearing, great for the winter !
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Originally Posted by Sly
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.
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