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A number of people have asked why the front of the Tor missile survives intact. As the below diagram shows, the warhead (marked 13) is not in the front of the missile, but about midway. Source http://library.voenmeh.ru/cnau/09ZffWX1yllVMet.pdf β€¦ (h/t @cthulhu985)pic.twitter.com/Z4rhrHXf8D

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    2. DacoRex‏ @DacoRex 3h3 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @cthulhu985

      Correct, this head is only for penetration and trigger the explosive behind it. It went easily through the plane and fell very close to the impact zone, probably in Parand suburb. The AA battery probably on the hills east of it.pic.twitter.com/kiXdOj1ZS3

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    3. Heisse Duensch‏ @Heisse13 2h2 hours ago
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      no, this system does not penetrate, it explodes in front of the plane & downs it with shrapnel. This is why the head gets so little damage

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    2. Adam Dempsey‏ @dempseydmc 4h4 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @cthulhu985

      is this same as BUK missile or different?

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    3. Rex Colt‏ @ua_rex 4h4 hours ago
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      no, this is 9M330 or 9M331 from Tor missile system NATO reporting name: SA-15 "Gauntlet"

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    1. fast89pony‏ @fast1989pony 3h3 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @ELINTNews @cthulhu985

      Also a lot of missiles don't actually contact the target. Rather they explode very near it and the shrapnel is what causes the damage.

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    1. ❦𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙼𝙾𝙽_𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄❦‏ @Cybrotoxic 2h2 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @ELINTNews @cthulhu985

      Like Most Of Anti-Aircraft Missiles.

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    1. david‏ @davinci_mora 55m55 minutes ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @cthulhu985

      Any evidence of shrapnel by now?

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    2. ДСнис‏ @DDen911 4h4 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @cthulhu985

      So do you have any evidence that photo from yesterday is actually taken at crash site?

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    3.  πŸ€΄ Rich "The King" Sanderson (Stunning and Regal)‏ @RichSandersen 3h3 hours ago
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      I believe Bellingcat has stated we don't have information on when/where that photo was taken.

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    2. Sher‏ @wiicked_78 4h4 hours ago
      Replying to @bellingcat @cthulhu985

      Wouldn’t the photo be near the supposed impact site rather than the crash side? Or are we assuming that the part got stuck in the airplane?

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    3. DacoRex‏ @DacoRex 3h3 hours ago
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      Exactly. Parand suburb. Near the crash site the plane was hit second time. Probably by other IRGC guys who were taken by surprise and thought it's an american thing, they used manpads on the burning plane.

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