Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade victorious over Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

pauldun170

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Everyone kinda figured after seeing the video evidence of that unit heading back to Russia...missing a missile but Investigators are adding legitimacy to the allegations

Investigators looking into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, say the Russian missile that hit the plane originated from a Russian military unit.

The flight crashed, killing all 298 people aboard.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...e-that-downed-mh17-came-from-russian-military.
 

dank69

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All those movies from the 80s portrayed the Russians as bumbling idiots. I always thought it was just propaganda. Turns out they were actually documentaries.
 

UNCjigga

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I bet the Russians are trembling in fear over what Malaysia will do next...
 

dainthomas

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The US has no room to criticize since we're still giving weapons to Yemen so they can kill thousands of civilians.
 

DrunkenSano

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The US has no room to criticize since we're still giving weapons to Yemen so they can kill thousands of civilians.

The difference is that it sounds like actual Russian troops fired the missile and downed a civilian passenger liner. Of course, I'm not condoning US and the sharing of weapons, but it does seem to be on a different scale.
 

Genx87

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US has never shot down an airliner before. /s

But the above doesnt excuse Russian troops in Ukraine shooting down civilian aircraft. But we shouldnt be throwing rocks in our glass house neither.
 

Thebobo

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US has never shot down an airliner before. /s

But the above doesnt excuse Russian troops in Ukraine shooting down civilian aircraft. But we shouldnt be throwing rocks in our glass house neither.

But we admitted to it although never really said we were sorry we paid reparations to the government and a new jet.
 

Perknose

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I nominate this for Best P&N Thread Title of 2018!
 
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