[DTA]

>>>>>>>>The world is going to condemn the act of shooting down a civilian passenger plane full of civilians. There isn't any defense or explanation that is adequate here. See, it's just wrong (inherently wrong) to shoot down a passenger plane.<<<<<

The same applies to shooting down of Iran Air 655, TWA 800 and Siberia Airlines 1812.

[ASA Vet]

Regarding Iran Air 655

Radar and electronic warfare technicians on the Vincennes detected “electronic emanations" that led them to believe the plane was an F-14 fighter.

Why did Iran equip an airbus commercial aircraft with F-14 equipment, and deactivate the Iranian Airbus’s transponder which identified it as a commercial flight?

It was a propaganda victory for Iran. The only cost to them was a few corpse volunteers to serve as "passengers."