20 years ago on the morning of the 3rd of July USS Vincennes shot down a Iranian commercial jet in the Strait of Hormuz. On that day 291 people, including 66 children under 12 years old, were scattered in the blue waters of the Persian Gulf.
The Captain of the USS Vincennes, one Captain Rogers, then sent a message to the commander in chief of the U.S. Fifth Navy, saying: "The mission was successfully carried out." Later the Pentagon asked Ronald Reagan to award Captain Rogers with a medal for shooting down the plane
What was so special about this plane? Was there a target on the plane that the Americans wanted so much that they could live with the waste of innocent human life?
The American Navy are once again in the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranians have squared up to them by announcing having a new 'super anti-ship weapon' which if you can believe the hype is a Nuclear Anti-Ship Missile codenamed 'Sunburn'.
How long before the 'Secret War' between US and Iran finally comes to a head?
