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Originally Posted by Lurchi
Identifying a ship from a fast moving plane is very difficult - especially by fighter-bomber pilots who aren't trained for this.
On the other hand:
Why were the Fast attack boats unable to identify it?
Why noone asked the for the reason why this unidentified ship didn't fight back?
Why wasn't this -obviously defenseless- ship contacted by those attack boats who were seemingly close enough to shoot at it with guns?
A ship with so much antennas and cupolas could only belong to the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. as it was clearly a reconnaissance ship. Personally i believe the israeli commanders knew very well what they are doing: The ship was well known before and the only reason for the attack i can imagine is that they didn't want the U.S. to gain information about their tactics ...
Many friendly fire incidents were pretty short encounters - however, this one was not: First the planes and then torpedo boats attacked half an hour later which placed a torpedo into the Liberty's side.
Looks pretty much like a planned and coordinated attack to me.
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I have a tendancy to agree with you there
