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Except the Soviets had visual confirmation of the target Vincennes did not (which to be fair should have done - and not excusing their actions here)
by raverbashing 3y ago
Except the Soviets had visual confirmation of the target
Vincennes did not (which to be fair should have done - and not excusing their actions here)
- airtonix 3y ago[dead]
- dsego 3y agoThat's a good point, why didn't they seek visual confirmation first?
- gpderetta 3y agoAnother US ship was attacked by Iraqi Exocet missiles beyond visual range on the same region just one year before. US had also attacked Iran assets in the year before after one US ship was damaged by Iranian mines. Tensions were very high.
- modo_mario 3y ago>US had also attacked Iran assets in the year before after one US ship was damaged by Iranian mines. Wasn't this in Iranian territorial waters. I don't quite see how that held up as a justification for the retaliations.
- areyousure 3y ago> Wasn't this in Iranian territorial waters. In case anyone is curious, the topic of discussion appears to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(FFG-58)#1988_deployment_and_mine_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(FFG-58)... All sources appear to indicate that the mine was in international waters.
- metabagel 3y agoThey probably would have, if they would have had the capability.