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Mathias Rust's plane just prior to illegally landing in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union, 1987 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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.