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10 Minutes Over the Soviet Union, Part 1

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The high-flying but slow-flying successor to the U-2, the A-12 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, also designed by Lockheed, had not even taken off when it became clear that overflights over the Soviet Union were much riskier than previously thought. This was confirmed by the shooting down of the U-2 near Sverdlovsk on May 1, 1960, which the blog ITT reported in detail. Even though the A-12 flew at three times the speed of sound, this did not se…
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The high-flying but slow-flying successor to the U-2, the A-12 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, also designed by Lockheed, had not even taken off when it became clear that overflights over the Soviet Union were much riskier than previously thought. This was confirmed by the shooting down of the U-2 near Sverdlovsk on May 1, 1960, which the blog ITT reported in detail. Even though the A-12 flew at three times the speed of sound, this did not se…

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blog.hu broke the news on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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