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Aviation expert David Gleave says it is not “necessarily credible” for terrorist groups such as Isil, which has claimed credit for downing the aircraft for revenge for Russia's intervention in Syria on behalf the Assad regime, to have launched a missile.
“Essentially to get to that altitude, you'd need a very large missile on the ground and a fire control radar system. There are not many countries in the world that produce missiles capable of getting to that altitude and unless they have effectively stolen them in various raids [...] it's not necessarily credible that they've actually got hold of those weapons.
“The wreckage trail does not look consistent at this stage with a normal shoot-down,” he said …. http://www.telegraph.co.uk