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Old 19th Jul 2014, 22:42
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Originally Posted by infrequentflyer
, a number of sites are claiming there is chaff visible in videos of the crash - . . .
Personally, I think that is nowhere near the right size for chaff, but there are allegations that it is an old cold-war USSR type.w.
I or J band chaff is only 1 to 1.5 cm. Russian CW chaff was better than western chaff.

If dispensed at altitude you would be lucky to find one piece especially as fighters don't carry much.
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