The 'Other' U-2 Incident - Siberia 1962 

Very nice.

Bono. The most sanctimonious man in the whole world.

There have been many of those U2 incidents

Atheist Orphan that they did!! 🤣🤣

The day we all wished we had one of those cyanide tipped pins.

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While people still walk... in ignorance. Your comment was epically true.

In the future Greenland will also be US soil!

Yet another reason Greenland would be a good buy!

Without the Alaska purchase, probably, world history would be so dramatically changed as to avoid the cold war as we know it.

Although i agree the curriculum taught in school is awful with its agenda, this doesn't really need to be taught. Its cool though.

They were to shoot them down, and just happened to have nuclear tipped missiles loaded at the time intended to kill bomber formations. There wasn't time to rearm with conventional weapons which would normally be tasked for tactical engagements.

Nuclear anti-aircraft missiles were not at all unusual. The Nike ground to air missiles (similar to Russian SAM's) could be armed with nuclear warheads designed to down an entire formation of Russian bombers. I visited one of the four former bases in South Florida. The ultimate experience is the old Nike site in San Fran. Those are underground inside thick bomb-proof steel doors and come up electrically. As an *operational* museum it chilled me to the bone seeing them come up before my eyes and point skyward. Talk about a sign of the Armageddon!

All true!

I had a Ukrainian co-worker, he knew more about American history then I did; I consider myself somewhat of a history buff. America is dumbed down, politicians can control us easier.

History nerd myself. Was always amazed how winning side propaganda lingered on as real history across the decades. Some of the stuff said about Germans in WW1 was just apalling.

@cforr154 -- Yes, this is an EVENT. Not a history class lecture. While a great story, it's not much of a history lesson in and of itself. And certainly couldn't be replicated today as a warning with pilot's who have access to backlit, real-time star maps, GPS location tracking, and a helmet mounted display that can literally PROJECT THE STARS in front of your face at any time of day, night, or weather condition.

Yeah! Why don't they make a fucking film about that? Hollywood might actually make something worth watching for a change.

Carlos Matute hahaha me too.

george martin Maybe a later photo. And, yes, I noticed too.

William Horsley who the fuck cares if you’re an Air Force brat 😂 that’s not something you should refer to yourself as at your age

I've heard a former U2 pilot describe them as "just strong enough to stay together". While a slight exaggeration, taking evasive actions like a traditional fighter were not possible.

John Parrish 50 knots?! Pfft. Coffin corner (or Q Corner) is often flown to within 10 knots of each other and sometimes even as low as 5 knots.

I believe the term is called the coffin evelope?? correct me if I'm wrong.

Yep, they dont teach this in school that the US agreed to remove the Turkish missiles to settle the "crisis" that the US started. Jumping ahead to the future, with NATO encircling Russia, I think we might see another "missile crisis". Whats good for the goose is good for the gander lol

The topic of the video is a single U-2 mission; missiles in Turkey are a bit beyond the scope of that topic.

Well the video wasn’t about the Cuban middle crisis lol

Easy answer: despite all the rhetoric, both sides loved their children and neither wanted a war.

So was I....(four months old)

I was born towards the end of the Crises about 4 months after you. Mom said she thought I'd never get the chance. It was cool hearing their stories of the Crises. My dad was in the Navy in Key West. They closed the only road in, US1, to civilian traffic unless you got a special pass from the Navy. They stretched barbed-wire and machine-gun emplacements along the beach and brought in portable anti-aircraft missiles that were placed all around the island on tripods. To this day the towers that housed the missile radar controlling apparatus are still here, rusting away in the Florida sun. IIRC they were Hawk missiles. Most streets running E/W and N/S end at the ocean. At the terminus of many streets sat an army tank as a _"Welcome to Key West."_

I can see why. US incompetence almost ended life as we know it. The pilot made a mistake but had the skill to correct it. The incompetence was continuing to violate Soviet airspace during such a tense period. Based on some accounts I've read Kennedy's own General Staff were trying to start WWIII. It wouldn't surprise me to find out they were continuing these flights to do just that.

@@danmorgan3685 One of the many many reasons they assassinated him!

@@danmorgan3685 As we've seen with recent current events, everyone in government has their own agenda right down to 9 to 5 bureaucrats.

Still happening. Oh what a shocker, the gov starts a resource war.

The far left and far right are the same, the scale isn't a straight line it bends.

Simon//// THE FIGHTERS WERE SENT TO PROTECT THE U-2,NO DIFFERENT THAN A BOMBER ESCORT OVER ENEMY AIR SPACE DURING A BOMBING MISSION!!!!!

... even crazier to think they could've potentially used AIM-26 nuclear-tipped, Air-to-Air Missiles to do it!

@@ezrabrooks12 Except it wasn't "enemy airspace" in that sense. The 2 countries were at peace. A tense, uneasy peace, but not at war. A huge difference between a spy plane mission and a bomber mission.

I think he is trying to keep the aircraft steady so that the wings dont hit the runway

wing walker, preventing the wing from dragging on the ground until the aircraft has a bit of airflow keeping it up. Later models had small wheels on the wingtips.

Tom Nadeau Matt. Damon.

The Genie Rocket was a nuclear AA missile intended to be fired into massed bomber formations