straightshooter
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Russia has "discovered" radar data from July 17, 2014 days before the official criminal report is due to be released. See below:
http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-claims-mh17-images-not-rebels/28014798.html
A video presentation of the data can be seen here:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63L0gn0kcNI
The Russians are now claiming the radar that produced this data would have picked up any BUK missile fired at MH17 from rebel controlled territory because "there were no other objects in the vicinity of MH17 that could have caused its downing". Note this is a complete contradiction of the SU-24 story which the Russian MOD initially came up with shorty after the shootdown.
They have made 2 claims. They are:
1. That any missile fired must have been from Ukranian held territory because their radars would have picked it up if it originated from rebel held territory.
2. Their radar picked up a UAV near the border which is much smaller and fare more difficult to detect on radar compared to a BUK missile.
Do these claims have any veracity? Is it likely that a missile fired at mach 3 + towards MH17 would have been picked up on radar?
And is a UAV drone more likely to be detected on radar compared to a Mach 3+ BUK missile?
I find the claims rather dubious because Russia also goes on to say "we cannot determine whether a missile was launched from west or south of the aircraft". They also go on to accuse Ukraine of withholding raw radar data which is ridiculous because Ukranian primary radar was out of service at the time of the crash and all secondary radar data was turned over.
Expert debunk welcome.
http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-claims-mh17-images-not-rebels/28014798.html
A video presentation of the data can be seen here:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63L0gn0kcNI
The Russians are now claiming the radar that produced this data would have picked up any BUK missile fired at MH17 from rebel controlled territory because "there were no other objects in the vicinity of MH17 that could have caused its downing". Note this is a complete contradiction of the SU-24 story which the Russian MOD initially came up with shorty after the shootdown.
They have made 2 claims. They are:
1. That any missile fired must have been from Ukranian held territory because their radars would have picked it up if it originated from rebel held territory.
2. Their radar picked up a UAV near the border which is much smaller and fare more difficult to detect on radar compared to a BUK missile.
Do these claims have any veracity? Is it likely that a missile fired at mach 3 + towards MH17 would have been picked up on radar?
And is a UAV drone more likely to be detected on radar compared to a Mach 3+ BUK missile?
I find the claims rather dubious because Russia also goes on to say "we cannot determine whether a missile was launched from west or south of the aircraft". They also go on to accuse Ukraine of withholding raw radar data which is ridiculous because Ukranian primary radar was out of service at the time of the crash and all secondary radar data was turned over.
Expert debunk welcome.