The loss of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane over the former - TopicsExpress



          

The loss of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane over the former Soviet Union, when it was shot down on May Day in 1960, was a truly defining moment in the Cold War, as it prompted a binding pledge by President Dwight Eisenhower to end all over-flights over the Soviet bloc. Similarly, the latest release of newly declassified materials with respect to the U-2 by the CIA should prompt Indian policymakers to rethink…
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 05:00:49 +0000

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