MH17: Impossible air-to-air missile brought down plane, says Hisham


BERA: Military intelligence and found debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 indicate it was impossible an air-to-air missile was used to down the plane, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

"It was a surface-to-air missile,  and such a system could either be available to the Ukrainians or rebel forces," Hishammuddin told reporters after opening the Bera Umno Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings meeting Saturday.

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