Malaysian Airlines flight carrying 295 people has been shot down in Ukraine

[Slaskra]

The separatists receive gear and logistics from Russia, it's pretty fucking known.

If they have, its been all the stuff that's too old and useless for the Russian military to use anymore.

[Deleted]

Their best known anti-air capability is a Strela-10, but its only a low-altitude system. Not capable of hitting the airline's altitude.

Nope the Ukranian Rebels have captured a few of these.

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NATO is going to be pissssssssed

NATO has nothing to do with terrorist attacks.

[Deleted]

Rich, I'm going to buy you a ticket to Texas, so we can hang out - But it's on Malaysian Airline's - Will you still go?

No, because even if the plane doesn't "disappear" I fear I may end up in your sex dungeon.

[Slaskra]

Seperatists have modern polish MANPADS delivered by Russians, captured in Georgia + http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/43517

This was a plane that was shot down, not a helicopter.

[Mavett]

Anyway, 295 people... RIP.

[Slaskra]

Nope the Ukranian Rebels have captured a few of these.

There have been no reports of Separatists capturing Buk systems.

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Supposedly this is a Facebook post by one of the passengers before boarding.



''n case it disappears, this is what it looks like."




That is so fucked up..

[Velaniz]

God fucking damn it. What's with the Malaysian airlines....

RIP to the 295.... =(

[Ktperry]

http://news.sky.com/story/1302864/ma...h-295-on-board


Shit is going to get real, if it was really shot down.

WW3 inc.. ;x

[Tiberria]

Sounds like it's time for Obama to order some retaliatory bombing runs on Moscow. Regardless of whether this was Russian military or pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, Putin is at least indirectly responsible, and he needs to pay.

[Dethh]

Apparently its a shoulder fired rocket? "The shoulder-launched Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile can be packed into a golf bag and assembled and fired very rapidly by one person with minimal training.
Defence experts have expressed fears in the past they could be used to target at civil aircraft."

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http://vk.com/strelkov_info?w=wall-57424472_7256 and I think that's it about who did it, separatists.

[Reg]

I know this is pretty horrible, but I am secretly hoping it turns out to be the missing plane from the disappearance that was shot down.

[Deleted]

Apparently its a shoulder fired rocket? "The shoulder-launched Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile can be packed into a golf bag and assembled and fired very rapidly by one person with minimal training.
Defence experts have expressed fears in the past they could be used to target at civil aircraft."

Yes, the equivalent of american Stinger missles.

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''The Associated Press ‏@AP 2 min
BREAKING: Ukraine president: `Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets'''

[Hyve]

Whoa, I was expecting this to be a joke.

If Russia did this, I can guarantee military intervention is on the table. If the Ukranian rebels, or military did this, it's just made this whole conflict a lot more complicated! Be an interesting few days as accusations and demands get thrown around now.

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Apparently its a shoulder fired rocket? "The shoulder-launched Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile can be packed into a golf bag and assembled and fired very rapidly by one person with minimal training.
Defence experts have expressed fears in the past they could be used to target at civil aircraft."

im terrible with military tech and such, but could a shoulder launched missile reach the altitude that these airliners fly at?

[Tiberria]

Whoa, I was expecting this to be a joke.

If Russia did this, I can guarantee military intervention is on the table. If the Ukranian rebels, or military did this, it's just made this whole conflict a lot more complicated! Be an interesting few days as accusations and demands get thrown around now.

Regardless of whether it was the Russian military or the pro-Russian rebels, Russia is responsible for this (arming these rebels and effectively inciting the Ukranian conflict to begin with) and needs to pay the price.

[Deleted]

Whoa, I was expecting this to be a joke.

If Russia did this, I can guarantee military intervention is on the table. If the Ukranian rebels, or military did this, it's just made this whole conflict a lot more complicated! Be an interesting few days as accusations and demands get thrown around now.

Russia had no interest whatsoever in doing this. This is only going to make their covert military campaign in Ukraine very complicated. The separatists also had no direct interest either, as they have nothing to gain from and a lot to lose.

I'm suspecting the plane was confused by the separatists with a military plane OR it was some random separatist cunt with missle launcher thinking it would be fun to down an airplane.