An unnamed American official has confirmed that the Malaysian passenger jet that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday was shot down, according to multiple media reports.
The official told CNN that a radar spotted a surface-to-air missile track an aircraft right before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed. According to the official, another system captured a “heat signature” right at the time the plane was struck.
CNN reported that the “United States is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to learn where the attack came from.”
All 295 passengers on board were killed.
Hope they verified the identity of this “unnamed official.” The Howard Stern people could be at work again.
“United States is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to learn where the attack came from.”
More likely they know exactly where it came from and are lighting the phones on fire right now.
Turns out it was a high-ranking NSA official named Benjamin Dover. But he had permission from his supervisor, Djawanna Blowmee, to release this information.
That’d be my guess too.
If there’s one capability the US has in abundance, it’s the ability to detect missile launches from former Soviet territory. They know EXACTLY where that battery was.