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When KAL 007 re-entered Soviet airspace, this time over Sakhalin Island, fighters were again scrambled with orders to "destroy the target." The Commander of the Soviet Far East District Air Defense Forces, General Valeri Kamensky,<ref>[http://www.rescue007.org/kaminski.htm Rescue 007: Kamenski Interview]</ref> was adament that KAL 007 was to be destroyed even over neutral waters but only after positive identification showed it not to be a passenger plane. His subordinate, General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base, was adament that there was no need to make positive identification as "the intruder" had already flown over Kamchatka.  

When KAL 007 re-entered Soviet airspace, this time over Sakhalin Island, fighters were again scrambled with orders to "destroy the target." The Commander of the Soviet Far East District Air Defense Forces, General Valeri Kamensky,<ref>[http://www.rescue007.org/kaminski.htm Rescue 007: Kamenski Interview]</ref> was adament that KAL 007 was to be destroyed even over neutral waters but only after positive identification showed it not to be a passenger plane. His subordinate, General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base, was adament that there was no need to make positive identification as "the intruder" had already flown over Kamchatka.  

[[Image:Kornukov2.gif|General Anatolie Kornukov|left|thumb|150px]]

[[Image:Kornukov2.gif|General Anatolie Kornukov|left|thumb|150px]]

[[Image:Osipovich1983.jpg|Maj. Gennadie Osipovich (1983)|left|thumb|150px]]

[[Image:Osipovich1983.jpg|Maj. Gennadie Osipovich (1983)|left|thumb|100px]]

:General Kornukov (to Military District Headquarters-Gen. Kamenski): (5:47)  

:General Kornukov (to Military District Headquarters-Gen. Kamenski): (5:47)  

::''"...simply destroy [it] even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? Oh, well."''  

::''"...simply destroy [it] even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? Oh, well."''  

At 18:26 GMT two air-to-air missiles from an [[Sukhoi|SU-15]] Flagon piloted by Major Gennadi Osipovich were fired at the jumbo jet<ref>See [http://www.rescue007.org/shootdown.htm Rescue 007:The Shootdown] for the combined U.S. electronic intercept and Soviet military communications of the actual shoot-down with photos of key personnel.</ref>, causing it to spiral down from 35,000 feet and after a 12 minute descent crash into the sea near Moneron Island.  

At 18:26 GMT two air-to-air missiles from an [[Sukhoi|SU-15]] Flagon piloted by Major Gennadi Osipovich were fired at the jumbo jet<ref>See [http://www.rescue007.org/shootdown.htm Rescue 007:The Shootdown] for the combined U.S. electronic intercept and Soviet military communications of the actual shoot-down with photos of key personnel.</ref>, causing it to spiral down from 35,000 feet and after a 12 minute descent crash into the sea near Moneron Island.  

===U.S. Electronic Intercept of Shootdown in Progress===

===U.S. Electronic Intercept of Shootdown in Progress===

[[Image:Sukhoi15.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Sukhoi-15 TM interceptor]]

[[Image:Sukhoi15.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Sukhoi-15 TM interceptor]]

The following is the actual  shootdown transmissions from the Sukhoi-15 as intercepted by the U.S. (NSA), in combination  with the commands from Soviet Combat Air Control handed over by the Russian Federation ("Transcript of Communications. USSR Air Defence Command Centres on Sakhalin Island" of Information Paper 1. ICAO, 1993)

The following is the actual  shootdown transmissions from the Sukhoi-15 as intercepted by the U.S. (NSA), in combination  with the commands from Soviet Combat Air Control handed over by the Russian Federation ("Transcript of Communications. USSR Air Defence Command Centres on Sakhalin Island" of Information Paper 1. ICAO, 1993)

NSA Electronic intercepts have minute and second specified.

NSA Electronic intercepts have minute and second specified.

'''18:55 GMT''' - Second SAR mission: in addition to the borderguards and helicopters, civilian ships "near" Moneron were sent to Moneron itself. General Strogov (Deputy Commander oif Far East Military District): "The border guards. What ships do we have near Moneron Island, if they are civilian. send [them] there immediately."(ICAO, '93, Information Papes No. 1., pages 95,96)

'''18:55 GMT''' - Second SAR mission: in addition to the borderguards and helicopters, civilian ships "near" Moneron were sent to Moneron itself. General Strogov (Deputy Commander oif Far East Military District): "The border guards. What ships do we have near Moneron Island, if they are civilian. send [them] there immediately."(ICAO, '93, Information Papes No. 1., pages 95,96)

==Missile damage to people and plane==

==Missile damage to people and plane==

What can be learned of the damage and lack of damage to KAL 007 is derived from its deciphered Black Box (Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder) tapes for the duration of the first minute and 44 seconds of its post detonation flight of at least 12 minutes, and from the Soviet real time communiques and radar trackings for the remainder of its flight .  

'''What can be learned of the damage and lack of damage to KAL 007 is derived from its deciphered Black Box (Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder) tapes for the duration of the first minute and 44 seconds of its post detonation flight of at least 12 minutes, and from the Soviet real time communiques and radar trackings for the remainder of its flight .'''

 

''"The interceptor pilot [Osipovich] stated that the first missile hit near the tail, while the second missile took off half the left wing of the aircraft." '' (ICAO '93 report, pg. 39, 1.16.1.5)

'''In a two-second interval, the Soviet pilot launched two R-98 (ANAB) air-to-air medium range missiles. The second missile, a heat seeker,  was designed to “home in” onto the exhaust of aircraft engines, exploding on contact. As the International Civil Aviation Organization analysis will show, this missile missed.'''  

''"The interceptor's pilot's statement that the second missile took of half of the left wing was probably incorrect. The missiles were fired with a two-second interval and would have detonated at an equal interval. The first detonated at 18:26:02 hours. The last radio transmissions from KE007 to Tokyo Radio were between 18:26:57 and 18:27:15 hours using HF1 [High Frequency]. The HF 1 radio aerial of the aircraft was positioned in the left wing tip suggesting that the left wing tip was intact at this time. Also, the aircraft's manoeuvres after the attack did not indicate externsive damage to the left wing''." (ICAO '93 report, pg. 39, 1.16.1.6).  

''"The interceptor pilot [Osipovich] stated that the first missile hit near the tail, while the second missile took off half the left wing of the aircraft." (ICAO '93 report, pg. 39, 1.16.1.5)''' ''"The interceptor's pilot's statement that the second missile took of half of the left wing was probably incorrect. The missiles were fired with a two-second interval and would have detonated at an equal interval. The first detonated at 18:26:02 hours. The last radio transmissions from KE007 to Tokyo Radio were between 18:26:57 and 18:27:15 hours using HF1 [High Frequency]. The HF 1 radio aerial of the aircraft was positioned in the left wing tip suggesting that the left wing tip was intact at this time. Also, the aircraft's manoeuvres after the attack did not indicate externsive damage to the left wing''." (ICAO '93 report, pg. 39, 1.16.1.6).  

In addition, the co-pilot reported to Capt. Chun twice during the flight after the heat seeker missile's detonation,  ''"Engines normal, sir."''

In addition, the co-pilot reported to Capt. Chun twice during the flight after the heat seeker missile's detonation,  ''"Engines normal, sir."''