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At the moment, an examination is being carried out to establish country where the MANPADS that shot down Russian Su-25 in Syria was manufactured. This was reported at the briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova, RBC correspondent reports.
"An examination is being conducted to determine where the MANPADS was manufactured. Such weapons can not fall into the hands of terrorists without serious support and accompaniment from outside, "she said.
"Fragments are 100% not from ours system," a source in the Defense Ministry told RBC. "According to preliminary estimates, they belongs to the American third generation MANPADS. Range - up to 6 km, height - up to 4, plus strong protection from traps. At first we thought that it was "Osa" [SA-8 Gecko], the interlocutor added.
Maybe they should ask the Dutch about Russian SAM warhead forensics ...
...or is that one of those inconvienent truths??