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Whatever hit that Ka-52 wasn't a MANPADS or an AA missile, neither ground-based nor air based. To me it looks like either a MAM-L with proximity fuse or, less likely, a BONUS round or, even less likely, an Excalibur round.
It really looks very interesting. A big blast that's cutting from the sky towards the ground. What's the chance of top attack ATGM strike?
 

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Most likely explanation is that a missile plummeted towards the ka-52 after finishing its ascending path. Kinda like a ballistic arc.
 

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Definitely do not think it's MAM-L. Here is another video (slowed down) of the missile strike. Appears to me to be something Soviet made... BUK or S-300 most likely. It's obviously very hard to make out the exactly type of missile, but it's obvious that it's a fairly big piece of kit.

MAM-L is only about 1 meter in length. This looks bigger than that, IMO.

Hmm, yeah that does look too big for a MAM-L. And from this angle the use of shaped charge is ruled out. But the high angle of the attack makes it very unlikely it was any kind of ground based AA. The Ukrainians say something very unusual was used for this strike but they don't say what it was. Maybe laser-guided MLRS? I guess we'll find out later on.
 

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In the parking lot camera footage at about 0.28 there is something flying past that looks an awful lot like a cruise missile...

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Remember, it's always Corruption and Money, nothing more.

The nytimes has just discovered Germany & Gazprom's Klimastiftung, criminal energy of SPDDE leaders, when it comes to serving putin..
a business as usual.

 

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