@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-29 months agoMathias Rust's plane just prior to illegally landing in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union, 1987imagemessage-square15arrow-up194arrow-down10
arrow-up194arrow-down1imageMathias Rust's plane just prior to illegally landing in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union, 1987@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-29 months agomessage-square15
minus-square@TreczokslinkEnglish10•9 months agoBad air defense is nothing new in Russia. Keep in mind, this was during the cold war, and the plane could have carried a (small) nuke. It would have been a suicide mission, but it would have decapitated the USSR.
Bad air defense is nothing new in Russia.
Keep in mind, this was during the cold war, and the plane could have carried a (small) nuke. It would have been a suicide mission, but it would have decapitated the USSR.