This is the Russian-made SA-15 Gauntlet/ Tor Missile System The Iranian Military Used To Bring Down Ukraine Flight #PS752, Mistaking It For A Hostile Fighter Jet. #Iran #IRanvsUSA #Iranwar
You may remember the ClA-backed coup attempt against Erdogan in Turkey using members of his own military. I’m open to the possibility that #PS752 was shot down by a member of the Iranian military who was not loyal to his own government. It’s a stretch, but can’t be ruled out yet.
- Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Iran on Wednesday after being hit by what the US and other governments say was an Iranian air-defense missile.
- The missile system in question, a Russian-made Tor-M1, designated the SA-15 by NATO, is among the best Iran has.
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(Reuters) – Canada said on Thursday that a surface-to-air missile brought down a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran, while the Ukrainian government said it was investigating reports of debris from a Russian-made Tor-M1 missile.
The Tor, also called the SA-15 Gauntlet by NATO, is a short-range “point defense” system that integrates the missile launcher and radar into a single tracked vehicle.
It is designed to be mobile and lethal against targets at altitudes up to 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) and at ranges of 12 km (7.5 miles), according to the Federation of American Scientists, which researches and analyses “catastrophic threats to national and international security.”
Military aircraft and cruise missiles — which the Tor system is designed to destroy — typically plot their courses to avoid being spotted on radar. They are equipped with systems such as chaff, which confuses radar, and flares, which act as decoys for heat-seeking missiles.
The jet that crashed on Wednesday, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, would have filed a flight plan and had no defensive features.
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