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Sharu said:

http://tass.ru/eksperiment-almaz-anteya/naturnyy-eksperiment/2343905
In the report of Antey they clearly saying that the missile is 9M38. Its in the very end of this page, you won't miss it. So it seems RT is messed smth up.

It may not be RT's fault.  Apparently Antey initially said that it was a 9M38M1 missile, but then changed their story and said it was a 9M38.  The change was apparently because at first they said there was damage in the "butterfly" or "bow-tie" or "double T" or "I-beam" shape of metal pieces in the 9M38M1, but later changed their findings.  You can see this in the picture at the bottom of the website you link, showing the check mark next to the square piece and the X by the butterfly piece. 

What you might be able to help me understand is why they made this decision when they show that picture with the butterfly-shaped hole circled in red.  What is going on there? 

Source on Antey's waffling: 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/10/18/russian-firm-offers-alternative-findings-downing-jet/74014360/

Also, I should note that the DSB report was very specific in citing that they found bowtie-shaped damage on the plane, which contributed to their conclusion that the 9M38M1 was the responsible weapon.  It seems that Antey and the DSB agree on that; I suppose Antey disagrees about what the damage to MH17 looked like. 

"The combination of the recorded pressure wave, the damage pattern found on the
wreckage  caused  by  blast  and  the  impact  of  fragments,  the  bow-tie  shaped 
fragments
found in the cockpit and in the body of one of the crew members in the
cockpit, the injuries sustained by three crew members in the cockpit, the analysis of
the in-flight break-up, the analysis of the explosive residues and paint found, and the
size and distinct, bow-tie, shape of some the fragments, led the Dutch Safety Board
to  conclude  that  the  aeroplane  was  struck  by  a  9N314M  warhead  as  carried  on  a 
9M38-series missile and launched by a Buk surface-to-air missile system."
(DSB report, Page 137)

Note that there is a website with pictures of pieces from the crash.  You can judge for yourself but those look like butterfly shaped holes in those pieces to me.  Unless you're going to argue that the site is showing faked photos or photos from some other shootdown? 
http://www.whathappenedtoflightmh17.com/parts-of-mh17-cockpit-found-in-december-2015/



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