RUSH TRANSCRIPT Pete Iranian ░░░░░░░░ now admit the military ░░░░░░░░ shot down passenger jet ░░░░░░░░ leaving 176 people dead ░░░░░░░░ military statement said the ░░░░░░░░ was mistaken for a ░░░░░░░░ hostile target Our next ░░░░░░░░ spent his entire career ░░░░░░░░ the front lines first ░░░░░░░░ Air Force combat pilot ░░░░░░░░ eastern Ukraine Afghanistan and ░░░░░░░░ and now war correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Noah Petersen is the ░░░░░░░░ of why soldiers miss ░░░░░░░░ And he joins us ░░░░░░░░ from Ukraine Thank you ░░░░░░░░ joining us this morning ░░░░░░░░ it comes Thanks for ░░░░░░░░ me on Pete Absolutely ░░░░░░░░ you for your service ░░░░░░░░ well When it comes ░░░░░░░░ this incident a civilian ░░░░░░░░ jet liner shot down ░░░░░░░░ Iran they are now ░░░░░░░░ it They didn t ░░░░░░░░ to what do you ░░░░░░░░ happened here Well I ░░░░░░░░ the bottom line take ░░░░░░░░ for me is that ░░░░░░░░ whole tragedy has been ░░░░░░░░ real embarrassment for Iran ░░░░░░░░ country has shown that ░░░░░░░░ s proficient at waging ░░░░░░░░ wars and so called ░░░░░░░░ zone warfare but this ░░░░░░░░ with the Ukraine airliner ░░░░░░░░ to me that Iran ░░░░░░░░ conventional military is not ░░░░░░░░ trained Russian made tour ░░░░░░░░ suggest was behind the ░░░░░░░░ airliner shooting down those ░░░░░░░░ operators should have been ░░░░░░░░ to tell from their ░░░░░░░░ data that they were ░░░░░░░░ at a airliner A ░░░░░░░░ 737 which the Ukrainian ░░░░░░░░ was typically climbs at ░░░░░░░░ speed of 250 knots ░░░░░░░░ rate of climb 209 ░░░░░░░░ per minute That s ░░░░░░░░ a very aggressive behavior ░░░░░░░░ an aircraft So for ░░░░░░░░ Iranian radar operators behind ░░░░░░░░ missile system it Should ░░░░░░░░ been very obvious to ░░░░░░░░ if they were well ░░░░░░░░ that they were looking ░░░░░░░░ a civilian jet Also ░░░░░░░░ modern version of this ░░░░░░░░ which Iranians bought from ░░░░░░░░ in 2005 should also ░░░░░░░░ able to detect the ░░░░░░░░ signal from an aircraft ░░░░░░░░ transponders are the radio ░░░░░░░░ which aircraft use to ░░░░░░░░ themselves and that would ░░░░░░░░ been another dead give ░░░░░░░░ for the Iranians that ░░░░░░░░ were looking at a ░░░░░░░░ plane Pete You are ░░░░░░░░ this mistake is grounded ░░░░░░░░ Iranian incompetence A lot ░░░░░░░░ people want to point ░░░░░░░░ our president or the ░░░░░░░░ States and the foreign ░░░░░░░░ saying this was all ░░░░░░░░ by U S Adventurism ░░░░░░░░ do you say to ░░░░░░░░ Yeah To me that ░░░░░░░░ ridiculous The only responsible ░░░░░░░░ in this tragedy is ░░░░░░░░ Also I have to ░░░░░░░░ as a former combat ░░░░░░░░ Somebody who has been ░░░░░░░░ to war Zones quite ░░░░░░░░ bit over the course ░░░░░░░░ my life It s ░░░░░░░░ crazy to me that ░░░░░░░░ would have left open ░░░░░░░░ airspace to civilian traffic ░░░░░░░░ hours after the country ░░░░░░░░ lobbed ballistic missiles at ░░░░░░░░ S Troops in Iraq ░░░░░░░░ country was essentially a ░░░░░░░░ zone And yet they ░░░░░░░░ allowing civilian airliners to ░░░░░░░░ So I think just ░░░░░░░░ on my experience as ░░░░░░░░ pilot and war correspondent ░░░░░░░░ blame is squarely on ░░░░░░░░ s soldiers Pete Somebody ░░░░░░░░ knows what they re ░░░░░░░░ about Noah Peterson thank ░░░░░░░░ for insight this morning ░░░░░░░░ appreciate it We needed ░░░░░░░░ Thank you.