PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoMathias Rust's plane just prior to illegally landing in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union, 1987lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10
arrow-up194arrow-down1imageMathias Rust's plane just prior to illegally landing in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union, 1987lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoBad air defense is nothing new in Russia. Keep in mind, this was during the cold war, and the plane could have carried a (small) nuke. It would have been a suicide mission, but it would have decapitated the USSR.
Bad air defense is nothing new in Russia.
Keep in mind, this was during the cold war, and the plane could have carried a (small) nuke. It would have been a suicide mission, but it would have decapitated the USSR.