KUALA LUMPUR - Here's some information about the missile system BUK type surface-to-air 9N314M used to shoot down airplanes Malaysia Airlines MH17 in eastern Ukraine, last year.
The missile was introduced in 1979 made the Soviet Union, with the complete unit consisting of vehicle control, radar target and some machinery to bring missiles.
According to the Dutch Safety Board, the missiles are for air defense systems consisting of different components in a variety of models and configurations.
"Explosives for this weapon system filled with explosive powder surrounded by two layers of debris formed.
"Systems such missiles surface-to-air can reach a height of 80,000 feet, or 24.4 miles, far surpassing 33,000 feet (10.1km) traveled MH17 then," said the 20-page summary report on the MH17.
The report is available online through the website http://cdn.onderzoeksraad.nl/documents/brochure-mh17-crash-en.pdf today.
The Dutch Safety Board reported that the debris from the plane and the bodies of three crew consisting of a mixture of steel without alloy.
According fragment is in the form of cubes and 'bow-tie'.
"The impact, debris and scattered pattern of high-energy objects were found in line with the fragment is in the explosive type 9N314M," he said.
The news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) quoted the Institute for International Strategic based in London as saying the Ukrainian army has more than 60 BUK-M1 missile in 2014.
On the other hand, Ukraine has recently claimed that they no longer have BUK systems, while Russia has about 350 different types, DPA said.
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine also reported to have such missiles, the news agency said.
Flight 17 was shot down in the restive region of Ukraine near the Russian border on July 17, 2014.
All 283 passengers and 15 crew en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, were killed.
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