Шпионские страсти. Инцидент с Гарри Пауэром
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12 февраля 2011, 14:05
Автор: buster
Back in the day, it wasn't just Russian spies who were nabbed and swapped. In 1960, the Cold War grew downright frigid when an American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union -- and the pilot, Francis Gary Powers (pictured) was captured. The U-2 Spy Plane Incident, as it came to be known, was one of the worst black eyes the U.S. suffered during the decades-long Cold War. July 8, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the day Gary Powers was put on trial in Moscow on charges of spying for the United States. From: http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/45991/the-u-2-spy-plane-incident  The U-2 Goes Down
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Soviets tried to ram Powers's U-2 and shoot it from the sky, but it was
finally taken down over the town of Degtyarsk by the Soviets' brand-new
S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missiles. Here: Debris from the plane is put
on display by Soviets in May 1960. 
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