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Old 13th Oct 2015, 18:39
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An interesting nugget from the investigation

Having sat through the private briefing this morning, there was a fair amount of expectations being met.

However, there was some surprise at the following: the safety board identified the warhead as a specific type with a definite fingerprint. They used forensic evidence of warhead paint, explosive compounds, sub components and the butterfly shaped shrapnel that peppered the cockpit and the bodies of the 3 flight crew. All members of the safety investigation including the Russian Federation agreed at the second internal review that it was this specific warhead, commonly found on the Buk system. However, by the third internal review, the Russian Federation changed its mind about all that. Hence their current formal position that there is insufficient evidence to determine the type of warhead that brought MH17 down.
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