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A possible explanation might be that the guys who actually fired the missile have spent three days trying to avoid blame, and that it's taken that long for the
by bigiain 7y ago
A possible explanation might be that the guys who actually fired the missile have spent three days trying to avoid blame, and that it's taken that long for the truth t make it's way up the leadership ladder.
I suspect if I was an army grunt who'd fired of a shoulder launched missile only to realise just too late that it was a civilian airliner, I'd be AWOL and in hiding for _way_ longer than three days...
- originldirgibl 7y agohttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-missiles-explainer/explainer-missile-system-suspected-of-bringing-down-airliner-short-range-fast-and-deadly-idUSKBN1Z90A1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-missiles-expla... The Iranian military would undoubtedly have known which missile systems would have been deployed in the area as well as the launch and impact characteristics of such systems. It would also be fairly unbelievable if one of the launchers came back two missiles short without any follow up. While the thought-making process leading up to launch may take time to deceiper, I doubt they had any doubt as to what caused the crash.
- loopz 7y agoDo you doubt there are lies between different layers of governance? And do you also doubt there's heavy cognitive dissonance required already in such theocratic nations?
- nradov 7y agoIt was a large vehicle launched missile. That ordinance is individually tracked and multiple soldiers would know about any firing.
- Thorrez 7y agoPossibly multiple soldiers all decided to lie to keep it secret. Maybe their commander ordered them to keep it secret so he wouldn't get in trouble.
- aaomidi 7y agoWe're trying to find excuses when Iran has a history of sweeping things under the rug.
- pintxo 7y agoName a country which does not try to sweep things under the rug constantly.
- true_religion 7y agoWe don’t need to. The point is that these elaborate theories are unnecessary. The government likely knew they were at fault, tried to avoid blame, and eventually fessed up. End of story.
- moltar 7y agoMaybe in the US. But don’t forget this is a different country.