It was very bold and exciting mission but the media managed to minimize it by focusing on the inaccurate intelligence proceeding the daring raid, and directing attention away from the awe inspiring military operation, something that the patriotic public would have loved to focus on.
Did they ever figure out who all those men they were killing were, Soviet or Chinese?
Bombs don’t discriminate,but the building of anti-aircraft sites protecting Hanoi,and prohibiting their destruction until they were operational because Russians were assisting in their construction might give you an answer to part of your question