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Old 07-17-2014, 17:18   #17
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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
S**t can happen when everyone's on edge...even when you have the best equipment, solid C3I, and disciplined forces - look at what happened to the Iran Air Airbus A300. And I suspect C3I is a fluctuating concept along the somewhat nebulous Russian-Ukranian border regions right now.

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Richard, agreed! Chaos breeds confusion but this would be a colossal mistake and a tactical blunder to launch a golden BB into a commercial air cooridor in hopes of downing a legitimate military target.

I remember the IranAir shoot down and whether it was intentional by Iran or not to provoke the US Navy, the results and world opinion was accomplished.

How do you change world opinion? Shoot down a commercial airplane filled with kids on holiday.
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