n57flyguy
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There's also a separate report with a IL front section being blown up to prove the point that the calculated orientation of the missile would not produce the shrapnel field as evidenced by the damage. Namely there would be no damage to the left engine or the stab and the copilot side windows would have also been desintegrated - while neither is the case with the MH17.
Hence the report (and the field test) suggest that the Buk was located much further west. Moreover the blown up IL displays multiple "butterfly" punctures to the skin of the cockpit (indication of the newer model warhead) - absent from the 777 wreckage, even though a small number of the shrapnel of that shape has been recorded present in the crew remains.
A supposition has come between the static IL-86 test from the missile manufacture and the official investigation animations and mock up. This is what @BigZ is referring to:
Around 06:20: https://www.rt.com/news/318613-usa-rebels-mh17-buk/
In contrast to (around 09:20):
That is quite confusing. A few questions can be formed from this disagreement - if it was a BUK 9M38 - whose was it?
The IL-86 test:
I must ask though - The right said windows (co-pilot) appear to be intact in the wreckage, the left side windows partially as well (which is not the case against the IL test). Where is there damage to the left engine and stab?
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