Putin propagandists/apologists are claiming that the angle of the Tochka-U missile that hit a crowd of refugees this morning proves that it was fired by Ukraine.
The engine of a Tochka-U separates from the warhead at 2km and freefalls from there. The direction is random after 2km
The engine of a Tochka-U separates from the warhead at 2km and freefalls from there. The direction is random after 2km
I initially posted a geolocation that included a mention of the angle that we saw, as that is a technique we can use for smaller-range indirect fire incidents. I was told that it was a useless technique for missiles like this.
The analysis above also shows that the engine doesn't necessarily fall short of the main impact site and can't be analysed that way. In the above example, the missile was fired from the North but the engine fell the West of the cluster impacts.
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