Posted on 12/01/2015 12:56:43 PM PST by rickmichaels
Well, if we wanna get strictly technical, historically, there is also this:
“Iran Air Flight 655 is an Iran Air civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai. On 3 July 1988, the aircraft operating on this route was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes under the command of William C. Rogers III. The incident took place in Iranian airspace, over Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, and on the flight’s usual flight path. The aircraft, an Airbus A300 B2-203, was destroyed by SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired from Vincennes. All 290 on board died.”
No doubt a civilian airliner was not justified.... yet mistakes are made, twisted... this side claims this and that side claims that... and politics remain politics....
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