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by ternnoburn 540 days ago
No clue why this is being flagged. It's a clear example of a SAM being used against passenger aircraft.
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ensignavenger 540 days ago
Maybe because that incident happened almost 40 years ago?
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lostlogin 540 days ago
Russia has a military with a lot of equipment that is at least that old.

The US shooting down that airliner is also mentioned in that WSJ article that this thread is about.

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ensignavenger 540 days ago
Yeah, it provides some history, and I wouldn't have flagged it personally, even though I don't think it was a particularly good response to the question. But then some one flagged my comment too, so maybe just trolls flagging everything.
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isuckatcoding 540 days ago
Because certain countries immediately evoke knee jerk reaction. Iran bad. US good. Simple black and white view
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