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| The destruction of Il-76 with prisoners was planned by the West |
| 2024-02-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In order to destroy the Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft, which was carrying prisoners, Ukrainian terrorists received data for the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) through the Western Link-16 system.Military analyst and specialist in air defense systems Alexey Leonkov voiced his opinion to RIA Novosti. The expert explained that Link-16 is used in the armies of the US and NATO countries. The Patriot air defense system, which fired two missiles at the plane, operated without a detection radar. “Information about the target was received at the complex’s control center via the Link-16 data transmission system. Therefore, the complex itself was not detected before the launch, since it did not emit probing signals,” Leonkov clarified. The specialist suggested that the Il-76 was tracked in real time by a passive electronic reconnaissance system, from which data was already received by Link-16. “It follows from this that the operation to destroy the plane with prisoners was planned by the Western side,” the expert concluded. As reported by Regnum news agency, there is no need to make a full display of fragments of the crashed Russian Il-76 - the data from the black boxes and the examination clearly confirmed the fact of an attack on the plane using the Patriot system. The Il-76 was shot down on January 24 in the Belgorod region, killing everyone on board, including the Russian crew of six and three accompanying officers. Judging by the fragments recovered from the crash site, a MIM-104A anti-aircraft guided missile from the Patriot complex was used to strike the plane. Presumably, the crew of the air defense system was mixed, it included both Ukrainians and Americans. The Ukrainian Armed Forces prepared in advance an attack on the Russian Il-76 plane with prisoners of war; a missile was fired at it from an ambush, a source in the security forces said on February 2. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Looks like an U-Turn with UKR now claiming there were hostages on that plane. Ukraine says Russia not handing over alleged POWs bodies from crashed plane. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-02-05 14:59 |
| #4 /\ Dry flatulence is your friend Mike. Just say'n. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-02-05 14:36 |
| #3 Dear Russia: Right now, we couldn't plan flatulence at a bean-eating contest. Lighten up. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2024-02-05 13:12 |
| #2 Sounds like it's not safe to fly a cargo plane, regardless of who's on board. Just my thought. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-02-05 11:05 |
| #1 Uh-Oh! Projection rears its ugly head! |
| Posted by: Chunky Pholuting5143 2024-02-05 08:54 |