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MarineCombatEngineer

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13. Modern SAM systems don't need a tracking device on the target,

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #12)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 01:14 PM

Aug 2023

they're either heat seeking or proximity fused warheads.

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Reuters: Prigozhin plane hit by missle [View all] brooklynite Aug 2023 OP

That makes more sense than anything so far Walleye Aug 2023 #1

the video showed it falling pretty much straight down... Model35mech Aug 2023 #23

Putin wasn't troubled by killing the other 9 souls on that plane Walleye Aug 2023 #25

Those other 9 souls MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #27

Good. Putin is all about death and destruction Walleye Aug 2023 #30

True dat. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #31

As I said previously in response to another story Picaro Aug 2023 #2

I'm shocked. Shocked I say. captain queeg Aug 2023 #3

Well, not that shocked. Ray Bruns Aug 2023 #7

🍿 IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2023 #4

No doubt in my mind, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #5

I'm not following that. Disaffected Aug 2023 #19

Witnesses have stated that the aircraft came down minus one of the wings, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #20

OK - wing missing. Disaffected Aug 2023 #22

The engines are close enough to the wings and the missile can detonate as soon as it detects it's MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #24

The Pentagon sez Disaffected Aug 2023 #34

We'll know soon enough, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #35

Anyway he could plausibly try to blame Ukraine? mobeau69 Aug 2023 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #10

He may very well try, but the missile was launched well within Russian terrority MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #11

Probably why pootie travels by armored train. rubbersole Aug 2023 #8

Traitor destroys brave Russian missile with his plane Jerry2144 Aug 2023 #9

The other report is that departure was delayed because of a "strange repair." John1956PA Aug 2023 #12

Modern SAM systems don't need a tracking device on the target, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #13

The "repair" might have been a backup plan. harumph Aug 2023 #15

I said that yesterday and quoted from the UK Telegraph. sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #14

They sacrificed the pilots and everyone else on board to get him. Can you imagine how Wingus Dingus Aug 2023 #16

Those 10 passengers were all affiliated with the Wagner Group, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #18

The surviving familes of KAL-007 and MH17 know how it feels. miyazaki Aug 2023 #21

Video NowISeetheLight Aug 2023 #17

The actual Reuters article states the US is less certain about what brought down the plane andym Aug 2023 #26

Our intelligence says there was no sign of a missile. former9thward Aug 2023 #28

Pentagon: Reuters is full of it - "We assess that information to be inaccurate" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2023 #29

Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #32

I'm sure Putin wants the a DNA evidence to make sure the guy didn't fake his own death. Solomon Aug 2023 #33

Weird story, weird ending ecstatic Aug 2023 #36