THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
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. type of American spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union
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massive retaliation
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developing nations
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military-industrial complex
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covert
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U-2
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1960, one of the most notorious chapters in the Cold War began after American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down and captured during a spying mission over the Soviet Union. Since its first flight in 1956, the U-2 had become the United States’ most effective tool for peering behind the Iron Curtain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The single-seat aircraft, flown by American pilot Francis Gary Powers, had taken off from Peshawar, Pakistan, and crashed near Sverdlovsk (present-day Yekaterinburg), after being hit by an S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missile.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace.
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