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Creative Speculation

rampartc

(5,835 posts)

1. humans are in charge of these anti aircraft weapons

Reply to WheelWalker (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2020, 05:22 PM

Jan 2020

oftentimes humans who are unexperienced. they must make decisions to shoot or not very quickly, with the potential of death if they do not shoot and are wrong.

the uss Vincennes, whoever in Donetsk, now this. the best advice I could give an airline is to avoid contested airspace and to make sure everyone knows who you are and your harmless nature and intentions.