the Russian government tried to edit Wikipedia to fit its convoluted MH17 shootdown story.
In fact, one reason the SU-25 is a poor air-intercept jet is that it flies much lower than most fighter jets. According to Sukhoi, the manufacturer, its service ceiling is 7 kilometers, about 23,000 feet.
But that's not what the Russian general said! He said the SU-25 flies up to 10 kilometers high, or about 33,000 feet?as luck would have it, almost exactly the altitude at which MH17 was flying when it was shot down.
How to account for the difference in facts? By covering it up, apparently. Interpreter Magazine, which is funded by a nonprofit critical of the Putin administration, confirmed that after the press conference, edits were made to the SU-25's Russian Wikipedia page?changing its maximum altitude to 10 kilometers, up from 7:
So who did the editing? Well for that particular edit, here's where the IP address of the editor leads:
http://gawker.com/did-russian-offici...gus-1609071757