How a missile may have caused the Ukrainian plane to crash
Canada claims a Russian-made Tor-M1 missile hit a Ukrainian plane in Tehran on Wednesday
10 January 2020 - 08:05
Singapore — 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 defence” system that integrates the missile launcher and radar into a single tracked vehicle...
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