Lots of Russia-made missiles in Iran's arsenal, though (link)

The New York Times and NBC News have both cited US officials as saying that data from satellite footage and other intelligence suggests that at least one Iranian missile was fired accidentally at the 737. [Update, 4:30 PM EST: It is now reported that two missiles were fired.]

Iran's air defenses include a number of Russian-manufactured long-range and short-range systems, including 29 Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) mobile surface-to-air missile defense systems purchased in 2005. In 2016, after delays related to United Nations sanctions, Russia delivered the S-300 missile system to Iran—the predecessor to the S-400 system Russia has sold Turkey.

The SA-15 is likely the weapon involved in this case. Used for short- to medium-range defense, it is intended for targets at medium to very low altitude and has a maximum range of 15.5 miles. The Tor missile system launches missiles in pairs. The system may have been set to automatically respond to threats.

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Posted: 01/10/2020 at 07:57AM

Unless it's some kind of deep fake the video being shown -- bballbill 01/10/2020 12:04AM

Those who know ATC situations better than me... Am I being reasonable if I -- CAVern 01/10/2020 08:48AM

Certainly not unreasonable to do that -- SPYCAV 01/10/2020 10:47AM

Yes. NOTAMs -- hoothat 01/10/2020 09:02AM

This is not to say that we should just shrug our shoulders about this kind -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 01/10/2020 06:59AM

Give me a break. This is not business as usual. It seems to be a fact that -- HoosWillWin 01/10/2020 10:13AM

So you really think the decision to kill Soleimani was a temper tantrum? ** -- SPYCAV 01/10/2020 11:14AM

Who knows, but the sad fact is that it is a possibility with Trump. There -- HoosWillWin 01/10/2020 11:51AM

Fog of war. We've done the same ** -- wahoo138 01/10/2020 01:36AM

No this was not a result of fog of war. That implies that there was such -- Hooooooooooooooo 01/10/2020 06:24AM

Ok, accident during hostilities then. We shot down an Iranian -- wahoo138 01/10/2020 08:32AM

Yes, according to what I've seen on the subject. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/10/2020 08:06AM

It was allegedly a Russian rocket ** -- Hooddihsm 01/10/2020 07:06AM

Lots of Russia-made missiles in Iran's arsenal, though (link) -- Hoo TV 01/10/2020 07:57AM

I did not see light on the plane in that video which was strange to me. -- HoosQ 01/10/2020 07:05AM

I think it's pretty obvious what happened, especially when ... -- Blah 01/10/2020 12:36AM

Lots of Russia-made missiles in Iran's arsenal, though (link)

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