In the midst of several clashes between Iran and the United States during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, a US naval task force patrolled the Persian Gulf. During these clashes, the USS Vincennes opened fire on a target it believed to be an enemy plane. Instead, it accidentally shot down a commercial plane, causing one of the worst airline disasters to date. The Tanker War The USS Stark listing after being hit by an Iranian missile, 1987. Sour…
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