Malaysian 777 shot down over Ukraine - 295 dead

[diablo rojo]

Yes, because backing Afghanistan against the Soviets ended up working out so well for us in the long run.



So you're saying what you really want is for us support Ukraine in about 30 years while getting nothing out of it, amirite?

Fucking this!

[Strychnine]

All of them are gone now. Our (AA) 767 had a few in testing. They are all decommissioned now.

http://fas.org/programs/ssp/asmp/doc...PADSReport.pdf

Boooooooooo.

[likeitfast55]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nort...umman_Guardian

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC:US) was accused in a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former employee of lying to the U.S. government about steps it took to develop a civilian airliner missile-defense system.

Northrop Grumman lied about its progress and failed to deliver a viable product after being paid more than $62 million for the third phase alone of a project the defense contractor once called the Guardian System, according to the complaint filed in 2009 by Leo Danielides, an Illinois resident.

U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo in Chicago ordered the lawsuit unsealed yesterday after the government said in a Jan. 22 filing that it couldn’t decided whether to join the case because it hadn’t completed its investigation.

All of them are gone now. Our (AA) 767 had a few in testing. They are all decommissioned now.

http://fas.org/programs/ssp/asmp/documents/DHSMANPADSReport.pdf

Remember its an urban enviroment where the weapons are ak47 with hardly any armor that can move up the streets. Noone wants to go thru towns that rebels control.

Obama shoulda offered some support or equipment.

Anyways I saw an article that russia already has the black box.

Yes, because backing Afghanistan against the Soviets ended up working out so well for us in the long run.

Support the middle east that we haven't gotten anything out and lost a whole ton or send a few special ops soilders to train the ukraine army... hmmm I think the soilders would prefer ukraine vs iraq anyday.

So you're saying what you really want is for us support Ukraine in about 30 years while getting nothing out of it, amirite?

[03mustangdude]

plane wasn't hit from manpads but a missle system. Manpads are what terrorist would use.

[Strychnine]

Nope, I promise you--- no civilian plane has countermeasures---"0". This applies to cargo as well. The only exception MIGHT be some Saudi aircraft that the royal family uses from time to time. I have had a few furloughed buddies that have flown on 2 year contracts for these guys hint at this. They hire you 2 years at a time, weird as shit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Guardian

[The Northrop Grumman Guardian is a passive anti-missile countermeasure system designed specifically to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-launched missiles (commonly known as MANPADS), using directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) technology.

Deployment

An operational Guardian pod can be seen on the belly of this FedEx Express MD-10 between and just aft of the main landing gear



The third phase of the program, costing US$109 million is the deployment of the system on commercial flights.[1] FedEx Express became the first air carrier to deploy the Guardian on a commercial flight in September 2006, when it equipped one of its MD-11 freighters with the pod,[1] and subsequently equipped eight more aircraft for evaluation purposes.[4]

[03mustangdude]

who cares what they prefer, this whole mess would most likely be over already without us instigating shit. why do you think the eastern ukraine people wanted to seperate from the rest of the country? America and the European union were cherry picking leadership over there.

They didn't want to seperate the elections proved as much. Only towns that the rebels controlled were not allowed to vote every other town in the east voted to stay together.

Its not about the leadership Russia wont ever let it go and europe can't survive without it.

Ukraine shoulda kept the nukes then it would have been good and left alone. Since it gave them up and signed a treaty saying the US/NATO would protect it if ever russia invaded its been screwed.

[likeitfast55]

No, they only have forward looking radar. They would have been oblivious, leaning back with autopilot on when it detonated. Believe it or not, many large airline models do have a flare/chaff countermeasure option, but its expensive and no airline is going to order it. Heads of state and governments order them most of the time.

No airliner that I have flown or known of has countermeasures. Maybe planes stated for diplomatic service do, nothing in the civilian world. The only radar we have is weather attenuating. We can map the ground in "ground" mode. I have mapped large ships on decent into O'hare on lake Michigan.
Our enhanced ground prox (egpws) is tied into our radar as well. This cross-references our GPS position with respect to altitude to avoid contact with high terrain (mountains etc..).

I think FedEx has some for some of the more sketchy routes.

Nope, I promise you--- no civilian plane has countermeasures---"0". This applies to cargo as well. The only exception MIGHT be some Saudi aircraft that the royal family uses from time to time. I have had a few furloughed buddies that have flown on 2 year contracts for these guys hint at this. They hire you 2 years at a time, weird as shit.

[Strychnine]

Believe it or not, many large airline models do have a flare/chaff countermeasure option, but its expensive and no airline is going to order it. Heads of state and governments order them most of the time.

I think FedEx has some for some of the more sketchy routes.

[matts5.0]

Support the middle east that we haven't gotten anything out and lost a whole ton or send a few special ops soilders to train the ukraine army... hmmm I think the soilders would prefer ukraine vs iraq anyday.

who cares what they prefer, this whole mess would most likely be over already without us instigating shit. why do you think the eastern ukraine people wanted to seperate from the rest of the country? America and the European union were cherry picking leadership over there.

[03mustangdude]

fuck no he shouldnt, we should stay out of it.

Support the middle east that we haven't gotten anything out and lost a whole ton or send a few special ops soilders to train the ukraine army... hmmm I think the soilders would prefer ukraine vs iraq anyday.

[matts5.0]

Remember its an urban enviroment where the weapons are ak47 with hardly any armor that can move up the streets. Noone wants to go thru towns that rebels control.

Obama shoulda offered some support or equipment.

fuck no he shouldnt, we should stay out of it.

[CJ]

Do commercial airlines have the capability of I dunno, knowing a missle locked on to them? I'm not too knowledgeable on how STA missles work / nor commercial airliners. But were they just cruising along and then BAM all hell breaks loose, or do they have any type of warning system?

No, they only have forward looking radar. They would have been oblivious, leaning back with autopilot on when it detonated. Believe it or not, many large airline models do have a flare/chaff countermeasure option, but its expensive and no airline is going to order it. Heads of state and governments order them most of the time.

[03mustangdude]

Do commercial airlines have the capability of I dunno, knowing a missle locked on to them? I'm not too knowledgeable on how STA missles work / nor commercial airliners. But were they just cruising along and then BAM all hell breaks loose, or do they have any type of warning system?

They dont have any prewarning system according to google.

[roliath]

Do commercial airlines have the capability of I dunno, knowing a missle locked on to them? I'm not too knowledgeable on how STA missles work / nor commercial airliners. But were they just cruising along and then BAM all hell breaks loose, or do they have any type of warning system?