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I was also waiting for the inevitable recollection of this incident...

I make no claim to fame to be intimately knowledgeable to that specific incident...

I can say that Captain Rogers (CO of the USS Vincennes) waited for way too long to actually shoot...

The “mistakes” were started when an IFF “read gate” was put over the contact while it was departing Bandar Abbas airport, one that is used for civilian AND military aircraft of ALL types...

Anyone who understands how that system and the operational side of things knows what I am talking about...

We had in that area a timeframe to react which was based upon “seconds”, not minutes...Combine that with the stress of transiting those waters and the surrounding threats does leave the door open for such mistakes, and not a lot of time to disseminate, or re-evaluate...Not where they were when this occurred...

The Russian backed separatists certainly DID (from my experiences) have the time and the wherewithal to determine these factors before shooting...

No one individual could have done this, the same went for the crew of the Vincennes...

The “REAL” thing is will anyone really pony up and admit to the causes leading up to weapons release???

I have my doubts about anyone on the Russian side of this admitting to anything...

I would be shocked if they did...They may actually get someone to fall on the sword, and save Putin’s reputation and those who are supporting this effort to destabilize the Ukrainian government and society...