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by Monroe13 2346 days ago
The best analysis I’ve read is here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31791/lets-talk-about-...

Summed up as: older technology, possibly manned by reservists on the final hours of the graveyard shift, nervously watching a radar screen for a counter attack from an enemy known to use electronic trickery resulted in a missile being launched at a misidentified target.