Vincennes - I seem to recollect that one of the most embarrassing elements of this whole tragedy was that The Most Technically Advanced war fighting system (i.e. hardware, software, RoE, human and chain-of-command) couldn't differentiate between an benign airliner and something more aggressive. Whichever way you look at it, a rather uncomfortable state of affairs for a super-power to have to admit.
Dr Strangelove played-out in reality.