there is only one verified fact of application buk everything else should be removed in general combat service abkhaz authorities claimed that buk air defense system was used to shoot down four georgian drones at the beginning of may in the opinion of dependent media source an official certificate use of buk not testify analysts concluded that georgian buk missile systems were responsible for downing four russian aircraft three sukhoi su close air support aircraft and a tupolev tu m strategic bomber in the south ossetia war u s officials have said georgia's sa buk m was certainly the cause of the tu m's loss and contributed to the losses of the three su s georgian military folds under russian attack by david a fulghum douglas barrie robert wall and andy nativi aw st august according to some analysts the loss of four aircraft is surprising and a heavy toll for russia given the small size of georgia's military war reveals russia's military might and weakness by vladimir isachenkov associated press august georgia war shows russian army strong but flawed reuters august some have also pointed out that russian electronic counter measures systems were apparently unable to jam and suppress enemy sams in the conflictrussian army's weaknesses exposed during war in georgi nikita petrov ria novosti september and that russia was surprisingly unable to come up with effective countermeasures against missile systems it had designed georgia bought these missile systems from ukraine which had an inquiry to determine if the purchase was illegal an official certificate use of buk testify on january the israeli air force launched an airstrike on a convoy in syria believed to have missiles sa air defense missiles and other ground ground missiles bound for hezbollah in lebanon the syrian government denied that a shipment of weapons had taken place an official certificate use of buk not testify israeli air force targets a convoy of sa s in syria airrecognition com january the system is suspected of having been used in the downing of malaysia airlines flight a boeing er on july with fatalities in eastern ukraine an official certificate use of buk not testify media sources say the use of buk