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Since then, the U.S. has promulgated new, hair-trigger "rules of engagement" for the gulf. They specify that commanders need not wait until their forces are fired upon before unloosing their own weapons. All they need is some convincing indication that a ship or plane is approaching with hostile intent...
Under intense pressure, Rogers had the Vincennes beam seven warning messages -- three on a civilian radio frequency, four on a military one -- at the approaching aircraft; the nearby frigate Sides chipped in with five more. The pilot of the Airbus never answered -- although he had been chattering away to the...
One Iranian official suggests that U.S. ships so often query civilian airliners, and even try to order them to change course, that some pilots have got in the habit of ignoring such communications; until July 3, they got away with it. But Rogers requested and received permission from Rear Admiral...
In retrospect, the most frightening part of the tragedy is its seeming inevitability. Rogers may have made the only decision he could, given what he knew and when he knew it. The U.S. rules of engagement are not unreasonable, | considering the situation in the Persian Gulf, and the Aegis system...
The captain of the Vincennes, Will Rogers III, came closest to genuine emotion when he began a written statement, "This is a burden that I will carry for the rest of my life . . ." He was unable, however, to end his sentence there. Like good people who cause bad things to...