-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In message <Pine.SV4.3.91.960901205930.2611B-100000@larry.infi.net>, Alan Horow itz writes:
The Aegis ship in the Gulf wzs not in an exercise. It was in a war zone.
If my memory serves, the Iranian jetliner had its squawker turned off, or broken. The officer in charge in the CIC had about ten seconds to decide if he was about to be locked-on by a missle. And no real information to make the decision with.
There's still the possibility that something malfunctioned (but not fatal - otherwise - for the plane). I'm not saying it's what happened, but it's a distant possibility. - -Angelos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMio0Kr0pBjh2h1kFAQEHHgQAnRl8UhCE+VMQc522VK5wM1onihgI0TMg 6O5tE+b7VRjuT71X8NabxTcoHqs2bePmTbcof62lAJfS61cZNfCuiEO+Pl7Xg/pg bqcLtwB8BJqAIluFt9s5kAXK2MxHJrZYDKc1ORkH0C4BqkRuYN09zNYuZ1+YegH6 TfYXEnNKC9s= =BjDI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----