Quote:But that means you have to accept the argument they know how to operate one of the most sophisticated mobile missile launching systems but don't know how to tell the difference from a commercial flight or military plane. It's just more plausible to me that whoever shot this thing down did it intentionally, anyone that can operate that equipment can tell the difference between a commercial plane and a military plane.

 

I could see if it was low flying and taken down with a shoulder fire rocket like an RPG just aim and fire, but this is a on board programed GPS guided missile system.

 

You're trying to portray these individuals as trained military that would have the proper training to know the difference.  I contend that's not the case here.  It's not really a stretch.

 

I agree that whoever did this did so intentionally.  I just disagree that the Ukraine would have shot down a civilian craft that had zero connection to them other than the airspace it was flying over. 

 

Someone can be trained to utilize this system without being fully versed on identifying their targets.  This is nothing more than a sophisticated version of a shoulder fired rocket with any sort of heat seeking capability. 

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