There was no way it could have been a "misfire". Russian air attacks were coming from the south and south-east. Any intercepting missile would have had to been fired in that direction. The missile in question had to be fired in the direct opposite direction (north-west) to land in Poland.
MSM relies on people not knowing where anything is.
A misfire could mean some inadequately trained scrub punched in the wrong coordinates in the heat of the moment. But I also think the relative position of the defensive launch compared to the incoming missile matters more than the absolute position missiles are originating from.
Any anti-air missile launched from any Ukrainian battery that misses has to come down somewhere, so if any battery was firing towards Poland at a missile crossing over Ukraine (and missed) it could have come down there.
Placing the blame on Russia isn't a war crime. Missing with a missile isn't a war crime. Intentionally targeting noncombatants (or neutral nations) would be. But we dont actually have proof of that.
Surface-to-air missile engagements with large systems (not MANPADS) are frontal or near-frontal engagements. A tail chase is a rotten way to bring down a plane. The system is driven by computer, which is connected to the tracking radar---which is looking toward the direction of attack, not over its shoulder. About the only human control available is to select a target and commit to engage. No "punching in of coordinates." (I once worked on the propulsion and system [guidance] engineering for the U.S. ROLAND 2 anti-aircraft missile.)
The idea that it was an accidental shot is, frankly, ridiculous. Not helped by the Ukrainian initial attempt to declare it a Russian missile (disproven by the serial numbers found), and the feeble suggestion that it was a runaway. The Poles know better. They were keeping circumspect until it developed there was no benefit from it. It is interesting how the Poles announce themselves as Ukraine's best ally, but in all other respects they seem to despise Ukraine.
Well we dont know for sure that the missile hitting Poland was surface - to- air. If it was, that seems to defeat the "they did this on purpose" angle because I doubt you can hit anything on the ground accurately with missiles expecting radar lock on airborne targets.
It was identified as a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile by the wreckage and serial numbers. There was no way it could have gotten there except by launch azimuth selection.
Who said you needed to hit anything on the ground accurately in order to create an incident to frame the Russians? (Surface-to-Air missile systems have been repurposed to Surface-to-Surface, e.g., the Nike Hercules system by the South Koreans.)
There was no way it could have been a "misfire". Russian air attacks were coming from the south and south-east. Any intercepting missile would have had to been fired in that direction. The missile in question had to be fired in the direct opposite direction (north-west) to land in Poland.
MSM relies on people not knowing where anything is.
A misfire could mean some inadequately trained scrub punched in the wrong coordinates in the heat of the moment. But I also think the relative position of the defensive launch compared to the incoming missile matters more than the absolute position missiles are originating from. Any anti-air missile launched from any Ukrainian battery that misses has to come down somewhere, so if any battery was firing towards Poland at a missile crossing over Ukraine (and missed) it could have come down there.
Placing the blame on Russia isn't a war crime. Missing with a missile isn't a war crime. Intentionally targeting noncombatants (or neutral nations) would be. But we dont actually have proof of that.
Surface-to-air missile engagements with large systems (not MANPADS) are frontal or near-frontal engagements. A tail chase is a rotten way to bring down a plane. The system is driven by computer, which is connected to the tracking radar---which is looking toward the direction of attack, not over its shoulder. About the only human control available is to select a target and commit to engage. No "punching in of coordinates." (I once worked on the propulsion and system [guidance] engineering for the U.S. ROLAND 2 anti-aircraft missile.)
The idea that it was an accidental shot is, frankly, ridiculous. Not helped by the Ukrainian initial attempt to declare it a Russian missile (disproven by the serial numbers found), and the feeble suggestion that it was a runaway. The Poles know better. They were keeping circumspect until it developed there was no benefit from it. It is interesting how the Poles announce themselves as Ukraine's best ally, but in all other respects they seem to despise Ukraine.
Well we dont know for sure that the missile hitting Poland was surface - to- air. If it was, that seems to defeat the "they did this on purpose" angle because I doubt you can hit anything on the ground accurately with missiles expecting radar lock on airborne targets.
It was identified as a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile by the wreckage and serial numbers. There was no way it could have gotten there except by launch azimuth selection.
Who said you needed to hit anything on the ground accurately in order to create an incident to frame the Russians? (Surface-to-Air missile systems have been repurposed to Surface-to-Surface, e.g., the Nike Hercules system by the South Koreans.)