I did not see light on the plane in that video which was strange to me.

Where were the lights that indicate it is a commercial plane? If I remember the Korean Air shoot-down that was one of the indicators that should have told the Soviet plane that it was a commercial craft (but they were not flashing in that case either.)

The fog of war aspect is the fact that the Iranians were likely expecting a counter attack. There
also was clearly not sufficient coordination between commercial and military air personnel. The end result is some AA personnel firing off a couple of missiles at something they almost certainly thought was an incoming American plane. I don't think you can blame the technology. I highly doubt these thing go off accidentally. The shot was intentional. The shot at a commercial craft was not.

I don't see any incentive for them to deliberately shoot down that plane. There were no Americans on board. I believe there were Iranians on board.

Just my opinion.
[Post edited by HoosQ at 01/10/2020 07:56AM]

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Posted: 01/10/2020 at 07:05AM

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I did not see light on the plane in that video which was strange to me. -- HoosQ 01/10/2020 07:05AM

I think it's pretty obvious what happened, especially when ... -- Blah 01/10/2020 12:36AM

I did not see light on the plane in that video which was strange to me.

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