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The video in which we see a Mi-24/Mi-35 shot down by a missile has gone around the world.
The Russian helicopter was flying at high speed a few tens of meters from the ground when it was hit in the side by the projectile.
It catches fire, crashes to the ground and explodes spectacularly.
Internet users wonder if he was the victim of a Polish Piorun surface-to-air missile, or an American FIM-92 Stinger.
And the scales tip in favor of the former.
The height of the shot, above all, seems to speak in its favor.
Stingers are not accurate on targets flying below 600 feet.
While the Piorun is effective from 10 m, so the pilots' technique of flying low and hiding behind trees does not allow them to escape.
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