http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukr...kraine-n158416The Associated Press reported earlier this week that it had seen a Buk system on the ground in a separatist-controlled area of eastern Ukraine.
Andrey Tarasenko, a witness and miner who was walking home from work with a friend, said that he saw a white trail go up from the ground, then heard an explosion two seconds later, then saw smoke risking from the ground 10 seconds after that. He said he was about three miles away.
“You know how you see a trail from a plane — it was the same, but it was a missile launched from the ground,” he said.
I would think it would take a missle more than a few secounds to get from the ground to 30,000 feet though.