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Malaysia Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam shot down over Ukraine; no survivors

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About the intercepted calls being fake. I don't think so.
Clear audio & stereo: this is the 21st century and Ukraine is not some banana republic.
Here are some of the recorded conversations which were leaked by the Russian FSB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJGqtsfDRB4 (stereo with both on the same side)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7DujxLzsg (stereo with each person on either side) - Timoshenko has confirmed this one to be true (but cut in such a way as to put her out of context).

Duplicating mono audio channels into stereo is no rocket science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMI24495CJk
Again 12st century and all that..

As for the pics (layout)- the SBU has been uploading conversations for a few months now. By now they must have a layout ready to go. Here is the first one as far as I can see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDx-TqeWj4 (stereo, but with separate channels on either side)

Can't comment on how fast they uploaded relative to the crash, but I do hope the people took into consideration that Ukraine is in a different timezone relative to CET?
And they certainly didn't go: oh that plane got shot down, let's tap the phones. They must be monitoring them 24/7.

/can't sleep over all this shit
 

freddy

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I disagree with posters jumping to conclusion based on no evidence but gut feeling, calling for action that would result in broader escalation of a fairly contained conflict so far.
 
About the intercepted calls being fake. I don't think so.
Clear audio & stereo: this is the 21st century and Ukraine is not some banana republic.
Here are some of the recorded conversations which were leaked by the Russian FSB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJGqtsfDRB4 (stereo with both on the same side)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7DujxLzsg (stereo with each person on either side) - Timoshenko has confirmed this one to be true (but cut in such a way as to put her out of context).

Duplicating mono audio channels into stereo is no rocket science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMI24495CJk
Again 12st century and all that..

As for the pics (layout)- the SBU has been uploading conversations for a few months now. By now they must have a layout ready to go. Here is the first one as far as I can see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDx-TqeWj4 (stereo, but with separate channels on either side)

Can't comment on how fast they uploaded relative to the crash, but I do hope the people took into consideration that Ukraine is in a different timezone relative to CET?
And they certainly didn't go: oh that plane got shot down, let's tap the phones. They must be monitoring them 24/7.

/can't sleep over all this shit

CNN "experts" are basically people who last did what they say they're an expert in 20 years ago and now talk about it.

I disagree with posters jumping to conclusion based on no evidence but gut feeling, calling for action that would result in broader escalation of a fairly contained conflict so far.

There's plenty of evidence. What exactly are you looking for? Selfies of the guys doing it with a #shootindownMH17withmyboyz hashtag?
 

lednerg

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I disagree with posters jumping to conclusion based on no evidence but gut feeling, calling for action that would result in broader escalation of a fairly contained conflict so far.

There's not a whole lot of that, and it usually gets called out immediately.
 

freddy

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There's plenty of evidence. What exactly are you looking for? Selfies of the guys doing it with a #shootindownMH17withmyboyz hashtag?
I dont see any Russian soldiers there taking selfies either. Are you agreeing with me?

There's not a whole lot of that, and it usually gets called out immediately.
I'm not seeing it get called out at all actually. Which is why I decided to do it myself.
 
I dont see any Russian soldiers there taking selfies either. Are you agreeing with me?

I'm not seeing it get called out at all actually. Which is why I decided to do it myself.

They are 100% responsible for what's happening over there. If Putin retracts his support today it would be over within hours.
 

HelloMeow

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Not really but some GAF posters have decided Russia is guilty and should be invaded and are currently drawing up plans.

Well, aren't they to some extent?

Whether this was an accident or not, it is most likely the separatists are responsible, which in turn implicates Russia.

I disagree with posters jumping to conclusion based on no evidence but gut feeling, calling for action that would result in broader escalation of a fairly contained conflict so far.

You're avoiding the question. What is it you don't agree with?
 

brian577

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I disagree with posters jumping to conclusion based on no evidence but gut feeling, calling for action that would result in broader escalation of a fairly contained conflict so far.

Who is calling for action? The opposite is really true, we can't do anything about it because of Russia and that pisses people off.
 

freddy

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We have had 6 months of this bullshit. If people want to still think Russia isn't involved well enjoy fairy tale land.

I just posted yesterday on this topic not 6 months ago. Show me how Russia is responsible for the shot down plane and Investigators not getting to it.
 

Tugatrix

Member
Will you call me names and tell me to fuck off if I disagree with you?

not my style

I just posted yesterday on this topic not 6 months ago. Show me how Russia is responsible for the shot down plane and Investigators not getting to it.

Well let me tell you that the missile was shot from a rebel area and by a buk system, guess who supply them and who have the know how to teach...that's right the good'ol Russia
 

freddy

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You're saying that you disagree with posters jumping to conclusions without stating which posters or conclusions.

How are we supposed to know what it is you disagree with?
Because I already said it in a post you quoted
That's fine, but I would quote the posts instead of doing a blanket statement.

Who is calling for action? The opposite is really true, we can't do anything about it because of Russia and that pisses people off.

This person:

At this point European Officials probably need to meet on how to deal with Russia. Putin has total control over what's going on at that crash site. If people want to believe he doesn't that is fine but they are just showing their naivety.
 
I just posted yesterday on this topic not 6 months ago. Show me how Russia is responsible for the shot down plane and Investigators not getting to it.

Well, is your grandma responsible for your birth? In a sense she is, not directly responsible, but without her you wouldn't exist (in the same way you do right now).
This is a good analogy for Russian involvement in this (and the whole conflict).
Without Russia's involvement, there would never ever be an armed struggle in Eastern Ukraine. It would never come to the covert war against Ukraine which is currently led by Russia. Dangerous AA weapons would not be in the hands to inadequate people / would not be used under inadequate circumstances...etc.
 

freddy

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Im reading some good discussion in this thread but I'm calling those who are proposing action against Russia to show evidence of them being responsible for the plane being shot down and hampering efforts of Investigators to gain access to what is a warzone. Sorry I cant answer everyone individually. Note I said russia and not pro russian militia or terrorists.
 

Nilaul

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"Deal with Russia" could mean so many things from diplomacy to more sanctions all the way up to military conflict. But that last one has next to no chance of occurring.

I wouldn't say no chance. There's always a slight chance.

However I do expect Russia to get economically screwed with sanctions if they continue.
 

Chittagong

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Im reading some good discussion in this thread but I'm calling those who are proposing action against Russia to show evidence of them being responsible for the plane being shot down and hampering efforts of Investigators to gain access to what is a warzone. Sorry I cant answer everyone individually. Note I said russia and not pro russian militia or terrorists.

It has been proven with satellite data that the missile came from the rebel controlled area. The rebels do not have their own missile launchers capable of hitting the plane, and likely not knowledge on how to fire one. So at the very minimum Russia supplied the missiles and training, and at worst had their own men on the helm. If that does not put some responsibility of this on Russia, I'm at loss.
 

LNBL

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It has been proven with satellite data that the missile came from the rebel controlled area. The rebels do not have their own missile launchers capable of hitting the plane, and likely not knowledge on how to fire one. So at the very minimum Russia supplied the missiles and training, and at worst had their own men on the helm. If that does not put some responsibility of this on Russia, I'm at loss.

Wow really? Link please??
 

Nilaul

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Im reading some good discussion in this thread but I'm calling those who are proposing action against Russia to show evidence of them being responsible for the plane being shot down and hampering efforts of Investigators to gain access to what is a warzone. Sorry I cant answer everyone individually. Note I said russia and not pro russian militia or terrorists.

If the separatists where not ever supported by Russia (lets say they do not originate from Russia), they wouldn't had ever been able to shoot the plane down. This whole mess would had been over a month after Crimea. However Russia is aiding them, supplying them with weapons.
 
Im reading some good discussion in this thread but I'm calling those who are proposing action against Russia to show evidence of them being responsible for the plane being shot down and hampering efforts of Investigators to gain access to what is a warzone. Sorry I cant answer everyone individually. Note I said russia and not pro russian militia or terrorists.

There is enough info in this thread. For example video with buk, that run away after shot. And puppets says that all buk, that they stole is in non operate state. There is audio, where puppets talking about Buk, that was gifted from russia and now they can shut down any Ukrainian airplane. There is thouthend information about Russian citizens, that killing Ukrainian solders and get paid. Their mass media lies and creating some crazy theory, about that this airplane looking like Putin first bort and that Ukraine want to kill him (and this is so highly prised and awarded Russia today). And my most beloved channel russia24 launched programs that state Ukraine is not exist and it was created by Stalin.

Two page ago I posted two video with translation, that makes audio more rigid.

About date of the audio. YouTube stamps date from servers, where it was handled. This is known issue.
 

freddy

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It has been proven with satellite data that the missile came from the rebel controlled area. The rebels do not have their own missile launchers capable of hitting the plane, and likely not knowledge on how to fire one. So at the very minimum Russia supplied the missiles and training, and at worst had their own men on the helm. If that does not put some responsibility of this on Russia, I'm at loss.

It's not possible they aquired it from the Ukraine forces?
 

Stinkles

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Based on?


Common sense, the timelines and mounting physical evidence, including the airtight fact that the US detected and recorded the obviously Russian supplied missile being fired from rebel controlled Eastern Ukraine, and the audio recording that is now being discussed in an embarrassing conspiracy fanned by Russian nationalists.

But apart from that, nothing.
 
It's not possible they aquired it from the Ukraine forces?

They do, but they and Ukrainian government said that they nonfunctional. So there is only one wey, where they can get Buk and people that can operate with it. And audio conversation between puppets and some Russian hirank showed, that they got one not that long before tragedy.
They are supplied by Russia with Grad as well. Even more, Russia fires from Grad to the Ukraine territory.

No need to invade Russia or fight with it. Just isolate it, like it was in USSR. Make hard to obtain visa, no partnership, nothing. People will rebel after several several years inside country and problem will be solved. If some Russian guy start to prise Russia how strong it is, and how EU and USA on desline, I just told to throw his phone, PC or whatever is created outside russia. Most important - this work.

Fancy that IT and Science against Putin and his actions. There is professor, that was fired because he created article, that highlighted what's wrong with Putin actions.
 

Earendil

Member
Yes, but that could've been some neutral grieving. "We think at the poor children who died here." But that it is full blown propaganda filled with lies, that was something that didn't cross my mind.

Oh, I was wrong. Please read some of the reactions to my post on the bottom the last page. It was actually russian propaganda. So he is using the toy of the kid for some lies.

That might actually be worse. First you kill a child, then you use his/her toy to blame it on others.

It's not possible they aquired it from the Ukraine forces?

It's certainly possible. But how did they learn to use it? I doubt it came with a "BUKs for Dummies" book.
 

TrueGrime

Member
Im reading some good discussion in this thread but I'm calling those who are proposing action against Russia to show evidence of them being responsible for the plane being shot down and hampering efforts of Investigators to gain access to what is a warzone. Sorry I cant answer everyone individually. Note I said russia and not pro russian militia or terrorists.

Who is responsible for it being a warzone in the first place?
 
But it's more than possible some of the seperatists are former Rusian or Soviet army and are capable of operating the machine

Too much possibilities. You need to be soldier (not 1 as there need to be 2 or 3), you need to be trained exactly on Buk. Ukraine has like 60 Buks or so, so this is near 200 people needed. As for ex-soviet solders. You can't remember stuff for that long. After such long time you need someone that will refresh your memory about how to search target, lock it and fire missile. Even more, as this is mobile AA you need to expand it and check all systems, before it can be used.
 

WarMacheen

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Where they got the BUK isn't as important as the fact that pro Russian rebels shot down a civilian aircraft with it. It's more, how you use it, than where you got it, at this point.

Too much possibilities. You need to be soldier (not 1 as there need to be 2 or 3), you need to be trained exactly on Buk. Ukraine has like 60 Buks or so, so this is near 200 people needed. As for ex-soviet solders. You can't remember stuff for that long. After such long time you need someone that will refresh your memory about how to search target, lock it and fire missile. Even more, as this is mobile AA you need to expand it and check all systems, before it can be used.

I agree except for the remembering part. If their training is anything like ours, they remember. I can still shoot down an aircraft, either using an Avenger or shoulder fired, and its been quite a while.
 

Amir0x

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It's not possible they aquired it from the Ukraine forces?

It's good to be a skeptic about things.

It's not good to pretend to be so skeptical that mountains of already supported evidence pointing in one clear, stark direction is casually glanced over as if the whole purpose is to try to find some ever more illogical explanation for why all that evidence might somehow just maybe not be real because reasons
 

freddy

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It's good to be a skeptic about things.

It's not good to pretend to be so skeptical that mountains of already supported evidence pointing in one clear, stark direction is casually glanced over as if the whole purpose is to try to find some ever more illogical explanation for why all that evidence might somehow just maybe not be real because reasons
Present the evidence then? Who fired the rocket and where it was supplied from please?
 

Osiris

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Any source please ?

So 3 planes flew over this region in that area of time and only one was shot down? Interesting, looking forward the reasons.

There was over 50 flights over this region on the same day as the shooting down of MH17, there was no NOTAM* advising avoidance of the area at the typical altitude of these international flights (There was however a NOTAM for lower level flight due to the risk from MANPADS)

A NOTAM is a "Notice to Airmen", a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the safety of the flight.

Without a NOTAM the flight path would have likely been considered safe by the pilot & airline.
 
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