Part one of term paper
The mournful shoot down of an Iranian airliner by the USS VINCENNES on July 3, 1988 is a tragic example of the consequences of a break down in command and control on a modern naval vessel. Given the situation and information available at the time that the airliner was approaching the Vincennes, I believe that the Captain of the Vincennes Cap ...

Part two of term paper
... tremendous amount of rapidly incoming and, partially inaccurate information, and thus not shot down a civilian airbus. There were several events that set the stage for the Vincennes incident. All of these revolved around the Iran-Iraq tanker wars and were blatant acts of aggression by Iran. One of the most significant of these events was the missile attack on the USS STARK that killed more than 30 if her crew in May of 1987. Another important event was the laying of mines in international waters ...