Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed by a Buk 9М38-М1 guided missile fired from Ukrainian military-controlled territory, engineers from the Russian Almaz-Antey corporation said in a press conference presenting their report on Tuesday.Flight MH17 crashed over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing 298 people. After the crash, the European Union enacted sanctions against Russian companies, including Almaz-Antey, which was blamed for manufacturing the missiles which shot down the plane. Almaz-Antey's report showed that the missile in question stopped being manufactured in Russia three years before the company was founded.
The manufacturer's investigation and comparative analysis revealed the missile to most likely be a Buk-M1 missile, which is used by the Ukrainian military, and fired from the village of Zaroshenskoye, territory controlled by the Ukrainian military at the time.
"During the first stage of our investigation, the type of system was established. It was a Buk-M1 system [NATO reporting name SA-11], a 9М38-М1 rocket and a 9М314 warhead," head engineer Mikhail Malyshev said.
The Russian military uses Buk 9M37 missiles. The missile identified in the damage report was not produced in the Russian Federation since 1999, which is before Almaz-Antey was founded in 2002.
As of 2005, Ukraine had 991 Buk 9М38-М1 missiles, according to the report.
As of 2005, Ukraine had 991 Buk 9М38-М1 missiles, according to the report.
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