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American intelligence officials believe the missile responsible for shooting down the plane was a Russian-made SA-11, also known as a Buk or a Gadfly. The SA-11 system fires missiles that are about 18 feet long and can reach higher than the 33,000 feet at which the Malaysian jet was reported to be flying.

Each missile carries a high-explosive warhead. All three of the military forces in the area near the crash site — the pro-Russia separatists, the Ukrainian military and the Russian military — could possess an SA-11.


Bukan Cuma MH17 yg terbang lewati Ukraina Gan..,

Malaysia Airlines was not alone in flying over eastern Ukraine. A survey of flights to Asia from Europe in the last week found that other airlines, including Lufthansa, Thai Airways and KLM, were also flying over the region. Some, however, like Air France and British Airways, appeared to have been avoiding the area even before the crash.

Bukan Kejadian Pertama

Three Ukrainian military planes have been shot down in the past month: two cargo planes and a fighter jet. In June, a cargo plane landing at Luhansk was hit with shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles, killing all 49 people onboard. Earlier this week, another cargo plane flying at 22,000 feet was hit with a missile.

Posisi Black Box..?

An adviser to the Donetsk provincial governor said that the plane’s voice and data recording devices had been recovered by Ukrainian emergency services workers granted access to the crash site, but that he did not know who had possession of them currently. Aleksandr Borodai, the self-proclaimed rebel leader, said that his group had the recorders and intended to give them to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Siapa Bertanggung Jawab..?

American officials pointed to Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations, cited “credible evidence” that the separatists and their Russian associates in Ukraine were responsible, and President Obama said the missile that downed the jet had been launched from an area in Ukraine controlled by the separatists.

Armed rebel soldiers currently control the region where the plane’s wreckage is. A delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe arrived on Friday, but the organization’s chairman told Reuters that the crash site had not been sealed off and that the monitors did not have the access they needed.

Sumber : newyorktimes, http://nyti.ms/1lcH758

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