Word: commerciales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At first, the incident seemed like another deadly confrontation in the Persian Gulf between the armed forces of the U.S. and Iran. But the affair quickly developed into something far worse. On Sunday morning the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Vincennes, while battling several Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz, mistakenly...
According to Admiral Crowe, the action began when a helicopter from the Vincennes was fired upon at 10:10 a.m. local time by Iranian surface vessels. Before long the Vincennes was in combat with at least three armed Iranian speedboats, two of which were sunk and a third damaged. During...
Yet disturbing questions remain. Why was the Vincennes, which has some of the most sophisticated radar available, unable to tell an F-14 fighter from an % Airbus wide body? Crowe explained that while the system is accurate in gauging the number, range and altitude of approaching aircraft, it is "difficult...
According to Howard, "mode 3" is a commonly used commercial channel which is also sometimes used by military planes. Howard said he did not specifically know what information the jetliner was transmitting on "mode 3."
But "mode 2," according to Howard, "is peculiar to military aircraft." He said "no commercial airlines use mode 2."