"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message et...
"Brian Kelly" wrote:


. . . .

If the Soviets had
not already detected the plane and sent aircraft to intercept, they
certainly would have after being contacted by NATO. The Soviets, for
whatever reason, did not shoot down that plane. Whatever the reasons, it was
certainly not because he had penetrated Soviet air defenses undetected.

I've never dug into the details of who did or did not do exactly what
during that stunt but whatever actually happened is recorded recent
history which is inarguable. Versus you making the bunch of
suppositions and assumptions above instead presenting any historical
facts which refute my comments. That simply does not fly.

If in fact NATO and the Soviets were so chummy and the Soviets knew
the kid was enroute then you explain why the Kremlin very publically
punished a flock of their high-level air defense officers for not
detecting and shooting the kid down.

Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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