Deatils are far from complete, but early reports of a Malaysian Airliners crash in eastern Ukraine, apparently killing all 295 on board, claim that the plane was shot down by Russian forces with a Buk Missile. Interfax Ukraine reports plane was shot down using ‘Buk’ missile system. Medium range surface-to-air missile system pic.twitter.com/CSQCYKWMem — Olaf Koens (@obk) July 17, 2014 Development of the Buk Missle system was first initiated in 1972, and it was adopted into service during the early 1980’s. The Buk is a surface-to-air missile specifically designed for shooting down airplanes and helicopters, as well as other …read more
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