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What we deemed to be an sa-11 because of the altitude, 33,000 feet, and because of the trajectory. we have the trajectory recorded. we know that it occurred at the very moment that this aircraft disappeared from the radar screen. we know that very shortly thereafter separatists were bragging in the social media about having shot down a transport plane. we know that the so-called defense minster of the people's republic of donetsk actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport and then when it became apparent it was civilian they pulled it down from soc...

They were talking and we have the intercepts of their conversations, talking about the transfer and movement and repositioning of the sa-11 system. the social media showed them with this system moving through the very area where we believe the shootdown took place hours before it took place. social media, which is an extraordinary tool obviously in all of this has posted recordings of separatists bragging about the shootdown of a plane at the time right after it took place. the defense minister so-called self-appointed of the people's republic of donetsk actually posted a bragging statement on...

Supports the separatists, supplies the separatists, encourages the separatists, trains the separatists, and russia needs to step up and make a difference here. >> how might the investigation be compromised, the government's ability to determine with certainty who fired this missile based on what's happening now. specifically i speak here about these reports of the black box being removed. >> let me tell you what we know at this point, david, because it tells you a lot about what's going on. in the last month we have observed major supplies moving in. several weeks ago about 150 vehicle convoy,...

Or it was an individual who was saying, well, i'll take the initiative. what we do know, by voice intercepts that the separatists, the leader of the separatists claimed credit for downing another aircraft. and then, of course, quickly, they removed it from the website so, you know, culpability is across the board. whoever provided that sa-11 or it was a captured sa-11, that's to be determined. and the tragedy and the blame will go on for some time. >> david, whether this was intentional work or whether it was an accident by russian rebels, do you think that those rebels then will back off a bi...

Video of the actual rocket launcher used to bring down that plane, called sa 11. came from russia. russian made. fox has confirmed these images. can you see there are two missing rockets. one of these things has six rockets in it. reach altitude of 72,000 feet. extremely sophisticated piece of hardware and it's russian. >> two of those missiles were missing from that actual launcher in some of the photos there despite resounding evidence of russia's role in. this our president is refusing to directly confront putin. instead, he is pretty much took a passive weak stance on this. meanwhile his a...