MH17: Jet Wreckage Shows Signs Of Hit By ‘Fragmenting Warhead’
A piece of wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was shot down in eastern Ukraine last week bears telltale marks of small pieces of high-velocity shrapnel that apparently crippled the jet in flight. Riddled with these perforations and buffeted by a blast wave as it flew high above the conflict zone, the plane then most likely sheared apart.
The wreckage, photographed by two reporters for The New York Times in a field several miles from where the largest concentration of the Boeing’s debris settled, suggests that the destruction of the aircraft was caused by a supersonic missile that apparently exploded near the jet as it flew 33,000 feet above the ground, according to an analysis of the photographs by IHS Jane’s, the defense consultancy.
The damage, including the shrapnel holes and blistered paint on a panel of the destroyed plane’s exterior, is consistent with the effects of a fragmenting warhead carried by an SA-11 missile, known in Russian as a Buk, the type of missile that American officials have said was the probable culprit in the downing of the plane. …
“The perforation holes that are visible indicate that they are consistent with a foreign object entering from the exterior of the aircraft to the interior of the aircraft, given the contour of the aluminum around a majority of the perforations as well as the visible blistering of the paint around some of the holes themselves,” Reed Foster, an analyst at IHS Jane’s, wrote in an assessment provided to The Times.
Meanwhile, ol’ Vladimir is triangulating:
Russia presented a combination of conciliation and bluster on Monday over its handling of the downed Malaysia Airlines jet, with President Vladimir V. Putin seemingly probing for a way out of the crisis without appearing to compromise with the West.
On one hand, he offered conciliatory words in a video statement, oddly released in the middle of the night, while the separatists allied with Moscow in southeastern Ukraine released the bodies of the victims and turned over the black box flight recorders from the doomed aircraft to Malaysian officials.
However, two senior military officers forcefully demanded that the United States show publicly any proof that rebels fired the fatal missile, and again suggested that the Ukrainian military shot down the Malaysia Airlines jet despite the fact that Ukraine has not used antiaircraft weapons in the fight along its eastern border.
Mr. Putin seemed to respond to the outraged international demands growing daily that he intervene personally to rein in the rebels — particularly to halt the degrading chaos surrounding the recovery of the remains. But at the same time, Moscow did not concede that it was at fault.
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12 responses to MH17: Jet Wreckage Shows Signs Of Hit By ‘Fragmenting Warhead’
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crc3 July 22nd, 2014 at 08:16
Everybody knows a missle brought the plane down and there is extremely strong evidence that Russia was behind it all. Now what? How is Russia punished? When? Now or never?
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:49
That’s a good question. I saw a list of the nationalities of the people onboard. He murdered citizens in approximately a dozen countries. He should pay for that.
Suzanne McFly July 22nd, 2014 at 11:51
I believe he will but it will be through economic means, no one wants to go to war.
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 12:05
Oh for sure, war is not the answer. I do want him to pay dearly for this one though. It’s a terroristic act and he needs to go down if he’s complicit and I suspect that KGB Putin is.
Suzanne McFly July 22nd, 2014 at 12:23
I agree, something this big did not go down without Putin having any knowledge of the possibility, he is complicit in the whole crime. I have a question, I was wondering if you could post a story about this story line, I find this to be quite assuring to economic policies that Obama has supported. http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2014/07/states_which_increased_minimum_wage_in_e.html
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:11
The investigation has just begun. That photo above is damning – ideally the entire plane would be reassembled and investigated. It takes a long time to investigate any type of aircraft that has been found in pieces.
The Dutch Government has apparently either filed or begun a War Crimes Investigation which they can do because Dutch citizens were involved.
The world community will require evidence. That takes time to process. That would include the intercepted telephone calls between the separatists appearing to directly implicate “Moscow”, physical evidence from the plane (such as seen above), physical evidence within the bodies themselves such a shell fragments.
crc3 July 22nd, 2014 at 08:16
Everybody knows a missle brought the plane down and there is extremely strong evidence that Russia was behind it all. Now what? How is Russia punished? When? Now or never?
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:49
That’s a good question. I saw a list of the nationalities of the people onboard. He murdered citizens in approximately a dozen countries. He should pay for that.
Suzanne McFly July 22nd, 2014 at 11:51
I believe he will but it will be through economic means, no one wants to go to war.
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 12:05
Oh for sure, war is not the answer. I do want him to pay dearly for this one though. It’s a terroristic act and he needs to go down if he’s complicit and I suspect that KGB Putin is.
Suzanne McFly July 22nd, 2014 at 12:23
I agree, something this big did not go down without Putin having any knowledge of the possibility, he is complicit in the whole crime. I have a question, I was wondering if you could post a story about this story line, I find this to be quite assuring to economic policies that Obama has supported. http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2014/07/states_which_increased_minimum_wage_in_e.html
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:11
The investigation has just begun. That photo above is damning – ideally the entire plane would be reassembled and investigated. It takes a long time to investigate any type of aircraft that has been found in pieces.
The Dutch Government has apparently either filed or begun a War Crimes Investigation which they can do because Dutch citizens were involved.
The world community will require evidence. That takes time to process. That would include the intercepted telephone calls between the separatists appearing to directly implicate “Moscow”, physical evidence from the plane (such as seen above), physical evidence within the bodies themselves such a shell fragments.