Iran continues to release the forged and misleading news of the stricken Ukrainian plane, including that story that the missile launcher was in tension, and he had no more than six seconds to make the decision, and he shot down the plane accidentally. Tehran says this man thought he was working to shoot down a cruise missile.

Each modern air defense system consists of at least three parts: the missile launch unit that contains air defensive missiles, the acquisition radar looking at a wide area to provide an early warning of a danger, and the engagement radar that detects the target and helps to guide the missile. The Tor missile, which US intelligence believes was used to shoot down the plane, uses this type of radar. This missile system has modern digital control and control systems and the «a. F. P, meaning the identification of the enemy from a friend, all of which are fixed to the vehicle that launches the rockets. The missile system with its radars is called "T." to. AR », ie, the carrier, the launch pad, and the radar. Iran purchased 21 batteries of this type of missile in 2007.

False novel

In fact, the operator cannot just press the button and launch the missile, because that takes at least a minute, sometimes a minute and a half or a minute, to make the missile ready to launch. Accordingly, the story that the missile launcher operator had had no more than six seconds is unbelievable. Even the most advanced and modern missiles, such as the S-300 or S-400, a Russian industry, require one or two minutes to be ready for launch. In addition, the missile system operator is not authorized to launch the missile unless it has permission from its commander, who is usually present at the missile base. Iran claims that there were no contacts with the leadership, and that is why the missile was launched without permission. Certainly, no soldier, no matter how stupid, could risk being executed by the death squad by firing squad, because he fired a missile without permission.

The ill-fated Ukrainian plane took off at 6:11 p.m. from Tehran International Airport, and three minutes after take-off it was destroyed. And any radar, however modest, would have followed the plane from its launch to its destruction. Any missile fired on the plane needs 10 seconds to hit it, and for this we can say that the image of the plane on the radar was present on the Tor missile defense system for the three minutes that the plane was flying with before it was destroyed.

Wide field of view

The acquisition radar of the Tor missile has a range of 25 km, which means that if there was indeed any American cruise missile in front of it, it would be known as a target at a great distance. The area to the west and south of Tehran gives the radar a wide and good field of view. Tor's radar is designed to detect low-flying targets, such as cruise missiles, and, accordingly, the radar was very appropriate to give a warning five or 10 minutes ago.

Of course, the Tomahawk missile, the only missile in the US arsenal capable of hitting Tehran, is small in size compared to a commercial airliner. The commercial plane image on the radar will be at least five times the image of the Tomahawk missile. The missile has a wingspan of less than nine feet compared to the Ukrainian plane, which has a wingspan of 112 feet.

And any modern radar can determine the height of the stricken Ukrainian plane during its height after the launch. The fact that the stricken plane was flying upward is strong evidence that it is not a Tomahawk missile, which only flies 50 feet. The Tomahawk missile usually tries to hide in the clutter of radar and natural cover, such as hills and mountains, and even tall buildings. Accordingly, the radar operator would be very stupid if he made a mistake in distinguishing between a commercial airliner flying overhead and a Tomahawk missile.

The Ukrainian plane was equipped with a device that responds to the radar, which transmits a signal issued by it to the radar screens to identify itself and provide other information to workers in air traffic control at airports. Especially if the missile system is located near a large commercial airport? If he is unable to distinguish between the commercial plane and the missile, then the enemy identification system from the friend will be bad, and it is not worth relying on him.

The Iranian argument appears inadvertently illogical and misleading. By blaming the missile system operator, officials evade responsibility. By blaming bad communications, they even distance themselves from knowing what was happening, by making up and fabricating more stories based on deliberate misinformation and misinformation. Now protests are taking place in Iran, calling for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The protesters realize that the government's version is false, and they feel angry, because many people have died needlessly, including 82 Iranians and 63 Canadian citizens, of whom about 57 are of Iranian origin.

It is inconceivable that the Iranian authorities arrested the British ambassador to Iran, Rob MacAir, on the pretext that he was leading the demonstrations, and MacAir was launched shortly after his arrest, but protests continued.

The crash of the Ukrainian plane is not an accident. It was a premeditated criminal act, and it was certainly done on the orders of the Revolutionary Guards, which operates defensive missiles in Tehran.

Stephen Brian: An American scholar and writer in the political field

The missile system operator is not authorized to launch the missile.

- The Ukrainian plane was equipped with a radar transponder, which transmits a signal issued by it to radar screens to identify themselves, and provide other information to air traffic control personnel at airports.