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13 of October, 20:30

Rosaviatsia: the defeat of MH17 by a missile "air-air" cannot be ruled out
Version of the defeat of the Malaysian Boeing missile "air-air" should not be excluded when investigating the disaster, reported in the notes of Rosaviatsia to the report, published jointly with him on the Internet representative office of the Netherlands SAT.

"Given the parameters of rockets" air-air ", as well as their method of delivery (by air), these missiles were likely to be used in the conflict area in the East of Ukraine ", - reported in the 1st note.

The Federal air transport Agency has proposed to add into the report a paragraph, which notes that "one way or another the use of missiles" air-air " cannot be excluded. Modern missiles "air-air" short-range shrapnel warheads equipped with striking elements with a given fragmentation ". Besides, the Rosaviation has noticed that in the report it was informed that the missiles "air-air" of Russian or Ukrainian production, foreign producers are not considered.

in response to a comment by SAT of the Netherlands stresses that considered only the Russian and Ukrainian rocket due to the fact that the security Council has considered the low probability that weapons from other parts of the world were any in this region.

As emphasized by MO, speaking about the possibility of the use of missiles " air-air ", the analysis shows that in modeling the impact of the warhead of a missile "air-air" mass of 40 kg it did not happen to get the same picture of destruction that is observed on the wreckage of the Boeing.

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