Pro-Russia separatists who are believed to have used the \u201cBuk\u201d\u009d antiaircraft missile system to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine probably needed Russian assistance to operate it, senior U.S. officials said Friday.<\/p>\n
The Russian-designed missile system, also known as an SA-11, \u201cis a sophisticated piece of technology, and it strains credulity to think that it could be used by separatists without at least some measure of Russian support and technical assistance,\u201c Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon.Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pro-Russia separatists who are believed to have used the \u201cBuk\u201d\u009d antiaircraft missile system to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine probably needed Russian assistance to operate it, senior U.S. officials said Friday. The Russian-designed missile system, also known…<\/span><\/p>\n