CJ Chivers, Jet Wreckage Bears Signs of Impact by Supersonic Missiles, Analysis Shows. New York Times, July 22, 2014.
www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/world ... analysis-shows.html
("Riddled with these perforations [by small pieces of high-velocity shrapnel] and buffeted by a blast wave * * * according to an analysis of the photographs by IHS Jane’s, the defense consultancy * * * The damage, including the shrapnel holes and blistered paint [caused by heated blast wave] on a panel of the destroyed plane’s exterior * * * It is impossible from these photographs of the damaged plane to determine what specific model of missile was used. But the SA-11 is a member of a class of weapon that carries a fragmenting warhead with a proximity fuze. * * * At the end of the missiles’ flight, they [this kind of missiles] act 'more like a shotgun than a rifle'")
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