In this case, many steps could easily have been taken to differentiate MH17 from a military-transport plane, including visual identification (perhaps with binoculars), radar-signature analysis, and a check of the civilian aircraft transponder-code broadcast. If, as seems likely, these basic steps were not taken, even an accidental strike on MH17 would constitute a war crime.
在这种情况下，有很多手段可以轻松区分MH17和军事运输机，其中包括视觉识别（或许采用双筒望远镜）、雷达信号分析和民用飞机应答码广播核查。如果看似并未采取这些基本措施，那么即使误中MH17也有可能划入战争罪的范畴。