Скачать или смотреть Soviet Pilots Mocked the U-2 Spyplane — Until It Flew Above Every Missile They Launched

The Soviet Union once claimed its skies were invincible—until a strange silver aircraft from the West floated above every interceptor and missile they launched. This is the story of the U-2 spyplane: the high-altitude ghost that humiliated Soviet air defenses, rewrote the rules of reconnaissance, and exposed the deepest secrets of the Iron Curtain.

From its first silent overflights to the moment it was finally shot down over Sverdlovsk, the U-2 shattered the illusion of Soviet invulnerability. It didn’t drop bombs. It dropped truth. And that was far more dangerous.
In this 50-minute cinematic deep dive, we unpack:
The intelligence system that powered the U-2

Why Soviet radar and missiles couldn’t touch it
The fatal assumptions of Soviet air defense doctrine
How a single downed U-2 triggered a Cold War diplomatic crisis

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