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Iran missile operator acted alone due to jamming: Guards Tehran, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2020 The Iranian missile operator who shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet opened fire independently because of communications "jamming", a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday. The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737 for a "cruise missile" and only had ten seconds to decide whether or not to open fire, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the Guards' aerospace commander, said in televised remarks. neg/dv/sw |
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