It was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s...
In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As happened to the Malaysian...
View ArticleHere’s why Malaysia Airlines MH17 overflew Ukraine on its way to Malaysia
In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle.A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting two points on a...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to be sitting behind a radar screen of an SA-11 Buk SAM system
If you thought Buk (SA-11) SAM operators had a clear view of the airspace around their vehicle you were wrong.The images and video in this post show the inside of a Buk (SA-11) SAM (surface to air...
View Article“All flights, including Malaysian B777, were being escorted by Ukrainian...
According to an authoritative source, two Su-27 Flankers escorted the Malaysian Boeing 777 minutes before it was hit by one or more missiles.There are still too many unanswered questions about the...
View ArticleThere’s an American EF-111 Raven in the graphic shown by Russia to prove a...
Based on the graphic shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was a U.S. EF-111 Raven to fly close to the MH17 just before it was shot down.According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian...
View ArticleAnalysis: what these signs on the wreckage tell us about the missile strike...
Evidence of shrapnel damage to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has emerged from images taken at the crash site.Photos taken at the MH17 crash site clearly show shrapnel signs on various parts of the...
View Article[Photo] Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum
Luhansk fighters have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 FulcrumOn Sunday Aug. 17, pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum in East Ukraine. The...
View ArticleWatch a Soviet-era Battlestar Galactica spacecraft-like reconnaissance drone...
An interesting video shows the Ukrainian forces launching Soviet-era Tu-143 reconnaissance drones.Some months ago we published some pictures showing an almost intact Tu-143 Reys drone, recovered,...
View ArticlePro-Russia separatists conducted first air strike in Ukraine using a Su-25...
Pro-Russia insurgents say that they have conducted a first air strike on Ukrainian forces.According to reports on several news outlets, including the Russian RIA-Novosti press agency, a Su-25 allegedly...
View ArticleWatch this insanely low-flying Ukrainian Mi-17 helicopter buzz cars on highway
You can’t fly lower than this!The following video, filmed by a car dash camera, shows a Ukrainian Mi-17 Hip helicopter buzzing the cars on a highway somewhere near Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine’s fourth...
View ArticleThis video shows how Malaysia Airline MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made...
The Dutch Safety Board released a video which shows how the MH17 flight was shot down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile. On Jul. 17, 2014 Boeing 777 (9M-MRD) with 280 passengers and 15 crew...
View ArticleIt was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s...
In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As happened to the Malaysian...
View ArticleHere’s why Malaysia Airlines MH17 overflew Ukraine on its way to Malaysia
In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting two points on a sphere....
View ArticleWhat it’s like to be sitting behind a radar screen of an SA-11 Buk SAM system
If you thought Buk (SA-11) SAM operators had a clear view of the airspace around their vehicle you were wrong. The images and video in this post show the inside of a Buk (SA-11) SAM (surface to air...
View Article“All flights, including Malaysian B777, were being escorted by Ukrainian...
According to an authoritative source, two Su-27 Flankers escorted the Malaysian Boeing 777 minutes before it was hit by one or more missiles. There are still too many unanswered questions about the...
View ArticleThere’s an American EF-111 Raven in the graphic shown by Russia to prove a...
Based on the graphic shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was a U.S. EF-111 Raven to fly close to the MH17 just before it was shot down. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian...
View ArticleAnalysis: what these signs on the wreckage tell us about the missile strike...
Evidence of shrapnel damage to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has emerged from images taken at the crash site. Photos taken at the MH17 crash site clearly show shrapnel signs on various parts of the...
View Article[Photo] Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum
Luhansk fighters have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum On Sunday Aug. 17, pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum in East Ukraine. The...
View ArticleWatch a Soviet-era Battlestar Galactica spacecraft-like reconnaissance drone...
An interesting video shows the Ukrainian forces launching Soviet-era Tu-143 reconnaissance drones. Some months ago we published some pictures showing an almost intact Tu-143 Reys drone, recovered,...
View ArticlePro-Russia separatists conducted first air strike in Ukraine using a Su-25...
Pro-Russia insurgents say that they have conducted a first air strike on Ukrainian forces. According to reports on several news outlets, including the Russian RIA-Novosti press agency, a Su-25...
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