I never said they did not, did I?
I merely mention that there were THREE civilian jetliners shot down by military missiles, not TWO, which anybody reading these threads would assume.
Obviously, each situation was different. But there are lessons to gain from each of the prior TWO cases.
There might be 4 cases...What brought down TWA 800?
(It was not a spontaneous short/explosion in the center fuel tank.)
Yes - Governments resort to all sorts of chicanery when something like this happens, and some are better at it than others. Travis is correct in pointing out the other cases.
Why ignore history?