Timeline An American U2 spy plane being flown by CIA pilot Captain Francis Gary Powers is shot down by a Soviet surfacetoair missile It crashes near the Ural Mountains A statement released by NASA indicates that a weather research plane has gone missing;Effect on the Cold War The incident (part 2) The incident made the USSR even more angry and distrusting of the US, prolonging the Cold War and the hostility between the two countries The US was happy at first, because they realized their nuclear power was stronger then the USSRIs a high altitude reconnaissance plane used in the United States Air Force, and previously in the CIA The military has used this type of plane to spy on numerous others, to see what they are up to on their land
Audio Classic Lecture The U 2 Reconnaissance Aircraft Incident Of 1960 By Chris Pocock
