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Yeah, the 707 penetrated hundreds of miles inland before it was intercepted. LoL!
Remember the German kid who landed at the Kremlin? Haahaa...
Imaging how successful our bomber force would have did in war finding their targets in the Soviet Union.
They keep saying the KAL planes “strayed” and such, but it was pretty common knowledge that they intentionally entered Soviet airspace – even after being told quite clearly not to do it.
Thanks for the the ping. Passing it along.
I will never forget President Carter's strong, forceful response to the Soviets after this tragedy. It made me proud to be an American.
I am not an aviator, but the KAL pilot seemed to have some skills. Evasive maneuver to dodge a missile and an emergency landing with a 707. Pretty impressive.
U.S. President Merkin Muffley calling Soviet leader Dimitri Kissov:
"Hello? Hello, Dimitri? Listen, I can't hear too well, do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?
Oh, that's much better. Yes. Fine, I can hear you now, Dimitri. Clear and plain and coming through fine. I'm coming through fine too, eh? Good, then. Well then as you say we're both coming through fine. Good. Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine.
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Now then Dimitri. You know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb. [pause]
The bomb, Dimitri ... the hydrogen bomb!
Well now what happened is, one of our base commanders, he had a sort of, well he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little... funny. And uh, he went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes... to attack your country. Well let me finish, Dimitri. Let me finish, Dimitri.
Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, Dimitri? Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you. Of course I like to say hello. Not now, but any time, Dimitri. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened. It's a friendly call. Of course it's a friendly call. Listen, if it wasn't friendly, ... you probably wouldn't have even got it.
They will not reach their targets for at least another hour. I am... I am positive, Dimitri. Listen, I've been all over this with your ambassador. It is not a trick. Well I'll tell you. We'd like to give your air staff a complete run down on the targets, the flight plans, and the defensive systems of the planes. Yes! I mean, if we're unable to recall the planes, then I'd say that, uh, well, we're just going to have to help you destroy them, Dimitri. I know they're our boys.
Alright, well, listen... who should we call? Who should we call, Dimitri? The people...? Sorry, you faded away there. The People's Central Air Defense Headquarters. Where is that, Dimitri? In Omsk. Right. Yes. Oh, you'll call them first, will you? Uh huh. Listen, do you happen to have the phone number on you, Dimitri? What? I see, just ask for Omsk Information.
I'm sorry too, Dimitri. I'm very sorry. Alright! You're sorrier than I am! But I am sorry as well. I am as sorry as you are, Dimitri. Don't say that you are more sorry than I am, because I am capable of being just as sorry as you are. So we're both sorry, alright? Alright."
All this time I thought it was Kim Jong 11 papa that did this shooting down
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