How does a BUK missile system work? - BBC News

The Ukrainian military has given BBC News access to one of its BUKs, to show how sophisticated a piece of military equipment it is.

[patrick-user]

I only watched this video to see if they would talk about the Malaysian airline. It's funny whenever we talk about the US navy and show their missile launchers they never talk about how they were used to shoot down Iran Air 655 I wonder why they wouldn't mention that?

[Cthight]

Damn you really get a bang for your Buk.

[julwiezdeghorz]

This is the funniest BBC report ever. It is not about the Buk, but the civilian airplane it downed above Ukriane.

[phildobson]

Interesting to see a Ukraine BUK demonstrated & of corse, it came over from Russia (many years ago) where it was made, along with all the rest of Ukraine BUK missiles.
So the investigation had no difficulty with the question of *what Nationality & which country* made BUK missiles that are in Ukraine.

[LunarJim]

It was the Ukrainian military who shot that airliner down as they thought it was Putin's plane as it was similar looking to the Malaysian one.

[nickslide]

Remenber flight of malaysian Airlines 2014... 298 civilian dead.... 😓

[dawnlightening]

Santa, I want one of these for Christmas in 2020 please.

[lbtobl]

Is this the very BUK unit that took the MH17 down? Asking for a friend.

[tintinsupz]

So these beauties are the ones mostly downing those Ruski aircrafts. Bravo
SLAVA UKRAINA

[SECX]

If I don't have to use a touchscreen I think I'm fit for that job. It was a bad decision to buy a smartphone. Man I do hate that thing.

[justanotherperson]

Lol and Ukraine said they didn't have buk system haha

[mechadrake]

watching this to improve my ability to id ongoing ww3 enemy hardware, but this video is not the best

[madzen]

Curious, can this system be used for DIY rocketeering?

[agitbeats]

The BUK missile manufacturer Almaz-Antey conducted it's own investigation into MH17.  Their report published on 13 Oct 2015 confirm that MH17 was taken down from an area under control of the Ukrainian forces.  Mikhail Malyshevsky, adviser to head engineer of the BUK missile system producer Almaz-Antey, said "we can say for sure that if the Boeing was downed with a BUK missile, then it was with a 9M38 launched from the populated area of Zaroschenskoye, "
The last missile of this type was produced in the Soviet Union in 1986 and Russia decommissionned its remaining 9M38s in 2011, (as the expiration period of this missile is 25 years, including all possible prolongations).  However Ukraine still has a stockpile of BUK 9M38s.

[peberdah]

How does a BUK missile system work?, the title of this documentary, we learn from a Ukrainian officer, and a BBC reporter, that you need to have at least 3 vehicles, a launcher, a radar and a command post, but in this affair only a launcher is implied, this documentary excludes this theory. Unfortunately, the MH-17 was not on a routine MA flight route, Ukrainian flight control send diverting far north direction passing right on the BUK, why?
Our toughs to the families.

[districtfpv]

You got shot civilian plane not military plane that so cruel

[gegoygegoy]

Russian made missiles are the game changer in this age of technology

[billyhw]

Wow, the Rush ins are very good at hitting civilian targets. Probably the best.

[zekhong]

As far as I know that BUK missile is outdated system from 1979.

[Chinunit]

Ukraine needs to be handle accountable for allowing the civilian aircraft to enter airspace over warzone. Someone needs to take accountability, Russia can't be reached as there is no proof, but Ukraine for a fact participated in the shoot down due to negligence and should be prosecuted.