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This is a complex operation. dan said if this is one vehicle that shooting based on self-contained radar, all they get is a target track after they paint with radar. as he said, if it is true, there was a radar acquisition, they could tell more about the type of airplane it is by the size and way it is flying. that is a lot of conjecture right now. all we know and truthfully, we dont know this is what shot it down with 100% certainty. it certainly appears that way. >> colonel, to the extent of t...

Area, if that is true, that is how they usually operate. in groups of threes. that is an air defense battery. it is associated with an radar system. each one of the guns have a radar on them. they like to operate in groups of three because they give each other cover. >> colonel hampton, you were part of the elite wild weasels. your planes were the first sent to enemy territory. your mission was to draw enemy fire from this type of a weapons systems. what are the perfect person for me to ask, wha...

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There were three of these in the area, if that is true, that is how they usually operate. in groups of threes. that is an air defense battery. it is associated with an radar system. each one of the guns have a radar on them. they like to operate in groups of three because they give each other cover. >> colonel hampton, you were part of the elite wild weasels. your job was to draw enemy fire from the weapons systems. what do you expect the pilot of that commercial airliner would have known or fel...

We are talking a lot of conjecture here. this is a complex operation. dan said if this is one vehicle that shooting based on self-contained radar, all they get is a target track after they paint with radar. as he said, if it is true, there was a radar acquisition, they could tell more about the type of airplane it is by the size and way it is flying. that is a lot of conjecture right now. all we know and truthfully, we dont know this is what shot it down with 100% certainty. it certainly appears...

The equipment on board to tell you it launched, you probably will not see it. he is a commercial airline pilot. not a military pilot. he wasnt looking for it. the trajectory this flies from below and it is designed to proximity fuse and explode beneath the aircraft and not necessarily hit it, probably came straight from underneath him. the visibility of the cockpit of a 777 downward is not very good. he probably never knew what hit him. >> colonel, if he had known it was coming in his direction,...

Not necessarily exploding because the fuel tanks have come down relatively in tact. it is important to find out who did it, but im more concerned about what happens next and whether putin uses this to declare marshall law or if he declares a peace mission and acts like big man on campus and diffuses the mission. i dont think we will get a traditional crash scene investigation out of this. they have no reason to cooperate until they sanitize it and get rid of whatever they want to get rid of. >> ...

He is a commercial airline pilot. not a military pilot. he wasnt looking for it. the trajectory this flies from below and it is designed to proximity fuse and explode beneath the aircraft and not necessarily hit it, probably came straight from underneath him. the visibility of the cockpit of a 777 downward is not very good. he probably never knew what hit him. >> colonel, if he had known it was coming in his direction, unlike you in a military capacity, there would be no evasive measures availab...

There? >> its expletive bad. >> those intercepts from the ukrainian secret service intelligence services and jennifer griffin reports that u.s. authorities say there is no reason to doubt their authenticity. >> well add the leader of the separatist, one of the leaders of the separatist, 43-year-old ex-intelligence -- russian intelligence colonel who just happens to be in the area as a rebel separatist says this, bird falling. we warned you not to fall in our sky. he tweeted that out. that was qu...

Want to confront russia with what may be damning evidence and will want to sit back and wait for, quote, an international investigation. >> colonel, in your estimation here, what is putins next move? he has blood on his hands with this. if that is confirmed. what should be our move to help the ukrainian people? >> i think this is his worst nightmare. bringing the international focus back on the ukraine is not something that he he wanted. given all the events after he took over the crimea, we kno...