By Bellingcat
In November 2014, Bellingcat published a report that
identified the Buk TELAR (missile launcher) that downed Malaysian Airlines
Flight 17 as “Buk 3×2,” originating from Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile
Brigade of Kursk. The Buk was called 3×2 due to an obscured middle digit, which
was not identifiable at the time of the report’s publication.
In a new report, we positively identify the middle
digit of this Buk by matching seven characteristic features on Buk 3×2,
including a unique dent on a side panel, the white marks on the chassis, and
the cable arrangement connecting to the missile erector.
The middle digit is a three, thus identifying the
number of the Buk that downed MH17 as “332” before the middle digit was
obscured. In this new investigation, members of the Bellingcat investigation
team collected and analyzed dozens of photographs of Buk TELARs that have been
posted online by members of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade since 2010.
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