MH17: Malaysia quietly worked back channels to secure bodies, black boxes

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/23/MH17-Malaysia-quietly-worked-back-channels/

Those fighter escorts are simply an assumption.

At the time there is at least 4 other airliner flying near to the mh17, including an air india dreamliner and a singaporean airlines flight.

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Also interesting thought, what do you so with 100 spare Mirage 3/5 ROSE planes? Scrap them all?

Argentina, private aggressor service companies?

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Summaries of the shooting of Igor
07/14/14. Message from the experts.
“Today the militia to kill AN-26 aircraft at an altitude of more enemy 6000 meters was SAM column contains” 9K37M1 “(better known as the” Buk “). Few weeks ago reported the capture of the militia of these systems. Now they are refurbished, manned and administered into operation. These complexes allow shoot down planes at altitudes above 4000 meters. Earlier militia was powerless against enemy aircraft flying at such heights as neither portable air defense missile system, no anti-aircraft Artillery work such heights can not. “

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So it was proudly announced that the rebel’s “BUK” system downed a ukranian An-26 on 14th july. Suddenly now after the MH17 incident, miraculously the rebels don’t have the “BUK”/it is not in operational state??

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Totally rewiring an aircraft is not a unique or extremely difficult thing to do as aircraft going through major overhauls normally goes through something similar. Surely that is more cheaper than building totally new airframes. USA does the same (and more) when resetting apaches and chinooks. It seems like alot of people are just repeating the “official” eurofighter quotes and takes that as the only possible thing that can be done (eurofighter consortium is not in a business of saving the taxpayers money, it is in a business to spend as much of it as it possibly can)

Equatorial Guinea inducts new frigate

That is a very impressive frigate. Would love to know more about the ship, cost, systems installed etc…

Yes china has quickly learned that using coast guard ships in contested waters (senkaku, spratlys and the parcels) while other nations response with naval ships, although even smaller, will make those responding to the chinese coast guard ships to seem like they are using “excessive force” while china can continue to bully them while looking innocent… With those huge “cruiser” size ships, they can practically stay in those contested waters indefinitely, strengthening their territorial claims.

Looks like the Chengdu J-7 production line is still open?

New F-7TN for Tanzania

http://www.neptunemaritimesecurity.com/tanzanian-air-force-takes-delivery-of-14-new-j-7g-fighter-jets/