One of the things that was found after the USS Vincennes shot down the Iranian airliner is that they were also aware that their equipment was telling them it was an airliner and civilian, to the extent they tried to make radio contact with the airliner and tell it to alter course, but under the high stress situation they decided to ignore everything their equipment was telling them and shoot down what they were perfectly aware was an airliner anyway because it might be a threat.
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