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About the product May 1, 1960. Strategic reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 flew from a base in Pakistan with a CIA task — to cross the USSR from south to north at an altitude of 21 thousand meters, taking photographs of military and industrial facilities of enemy No. 1. However, near Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile … a machine with a flight altitude unattainable for Soviet air defense. After the death of Powers’ plane, flights over the territory of the Soviet Union were terminated and continued only along its borders. In total, Dragon Lady was able to fly over the USSR 24 times. In 1962, it was U-2 that launched the Cuban Missile Crisis, which put the world on the brink of World War III, filming ballistic missile launch sites under construction in Cuba. The U-2 with its long (as much as 30 meters) wings has become not only one of the most recognizable symbols of the Cold War, it is still in service with the US Air Force, equipped with digital equipment for conducting electronic reconnaissance, and its latest modification has a special antenna for transmission Intelligence in real time. A new book by leading aviation historians for the first time in every detail restores the history of creation, design, service and many (more recently — top secret) operations of the legendary reconnaissance aircraft. The publication is illustrated with exclusive drawings and photographs. …
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