Friday, July 18, 2014

A Look At The BUK Missile System That Was Responsible For Shooting Down Malaysian Flight MH17



How Flight MH17 Was Obliterated In Just 12 Seconds: BUK Missile System Carrying 150lbs Of Explosives Fired At Doomed Malaysian Flight With 95% Accuracy -- Daily Mail

* BUK launcher takes five minutes to warm up and 12 minutes to reload
* Missile was likely detonated within 65ft (20 metres) of the MH17 target
* This caused critical damage to the aircraft engines and control system
* The huge explosion would have ignited the fuel on board the aircraft
* BUK missiles can take down a plane up to an altitude of 75,000 feet
* The missile systems were developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s

With deadly precision, a Soviet-built BUK missile launcher yesterday brought down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 295 passengers.

The surface-to-air missile hit the Boeing 777 with such force that residents in the area claim to have seen bodies falling from the sky ‘like rags’.

While it has not been confirmed who is responsible, details are now emerging of exactly how this lethal weapon was able to hunt down and destroy the passenger aircraft.

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More News On The BUK Missile System That Was Responsible For Shooting Down Malaysian Flight MH17

The Weapon That Ukraine Says Shot Down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 -- Mashable
The BUK: Weapon that brought down MH17? -- Fred Weir, CSM
Flight MH17 shot down: Spotlight on Soviet-era Buk missiles -- Times of India/Reuters
SA-11 Buk Missile Dating to Soviet Era Eyed in MH17 Attack -- NBC
This is the surface-to-air missile that Ukraine says shot down MH17 -- Washington Post
Buk missile launcher was designed by the Soviet Union -- New York Post
Buk missile launcher: the weapon that may have shot down flight MH17 -- The Week
MH17: What is a Buk missile launcher? -- Stuff.co.nz
Maker Of Buk Missile That May Have Shot Down MH17 Targeted In Recent U.S. Sanctions -- IBTimes
This sanctioned Russian company makes the missile that may have destroyed Malaysia Airlines flight 17 -- Quartz

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