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Karthick Nambi

Mar 29

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The US Spy Plane the USSR shot down

USSR shot down a U+2 spy plane during the Cold War, and the world inched toward a nuclear war

Photo by Richard R. Schünemann on Unsplash

It was high up the skies of the USSR a U-2 US spy plane soared. It had an advanced camera that could pick up even the slightest detail on the ground.

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The US Spy Plane the USSR shot down

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