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It would seem the air defense systems used could not reliably determine what you imply they should [1][2]. I’m not sure where you’re coming from, or why it woul

by junofan 9mo ago

It would seem the air defense systems used could not reliably determine what you imply they should [1][2]. I’m not sure where you’re coming from, or why it would matter what one country was known or not known to do. [1]: https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/18/12951/how-can-a-civilian-plane-accidentally-be-shot-down/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/18/12951/how-can-a-... [2]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/07/18/did-the-ukrainian-rebels-even-know-they-were-shooting-at-a-civilian-aircraft/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/07/18...

lostlogin 9mo ago
> why it would matter what one country was known or not known to do. It absolutely matters. Flying over a war zone with known anti aircraft missiles is quite different to flying over a low level conflict that is using small arms only.
- fluder_tw 9mo ago
  There was no war zone at that time.
- kubanczyk 9mo ago
  > Flying over a war zone with known anti aircraft missiles is quite different to flying over a low level conflict that is using small arms only. What was in the news at the time, and the news are still linked from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas#Escalation_in_May_and_June_2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas#Escalation_in_Ma... 2 June 2014: "Luhansk airstrike" 14 June 2014: "A Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD was shot down" 20 June 2014: "The insurgents [...] shot down a Su-25 bomber." 14 July 2014: "Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes targeting insurgent positions across Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The Ukrainian government said that 500 insurgents were killed" 17 July 2014: "DPR forces shot down a civilian passenger jet, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17"