re: Video of Ukrainian airline on fire before crashing

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Proximity is effective.

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Yes, it is. Even a crude, early-generation missile system is more than sufficient to bring down aircraft of any type. A defenseless commercial airliner is an especially easy target.

My belief is that it’s even more effective if guidance is highly autonomous and so precise as to significantly lower the risk to military personnel and reduce or eliminate collateral damage. I’m speaking from an American standpoint, though, and probably a very different set of priorities. I doubt Iran’s weapons are that advanced ... but clearly they don’t need to be if one’s primary objective is to be mostly successful at blowing things out of the sky.