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I've seen this image doing the rounds, with some people claiming its evidence Iranian AA shot down the Ukrainian airliner, but in my mind it's most likely to be debris from the aircraft itself that caused the damage.pic.twitter.com/irLeHLWaFm
If you look at the damage on MH17 you see much smaller and closely grouped impacts where the missile actually hit, so that sort of damage would be a more solid indicator of an AA strike. The wing damage shown doesn't indicate AA was used against the Ukrainian aircraft.pic.twitter.com/N6xSgMUe9S
A single photo isn't enough evidence to support any theory really. What does seem clear it was sudden and catastrophic
The missile used a fragmentation warhead so those holes could have been from that. I’m sure I heard a missile expert talking about them ages ago. and I just read a little about them now and I’m reasonably confident in saying that’s the mechanism they use to take out aircraft.
AA missiles indeed use a fragmentation warhead that detonates near the target or on impact (a very fast target would be hard to hit directly so you just explode near it). But just a picture like this means probably nothing yet I'd say...
Могут быть разные системы, нельзя сравнивать повреждения от ракеты бука и ракеты попавшей в двигатель
Shrapnel angle of attack is very doubtful. Ailerons not higher than the engine. In this model 737, the ailerons are located away from the engine, to the right or left.
If there was a rocket strike, then this photo indicates that the strike was delivered to the liner's right engine. This is also indicated by the course of the liner.
I thought it was shrapnel when I first saw this, however in this video , it appears to be rocks and debris laying on the fuselage . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISFRXOqqTLo …pic.twitter.com/7ZTlZgsZTB
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