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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: U-2 shootdown--not a shootdown? (was Re: B-70)
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Date: 31 Oct 89 04:07:00 GMT
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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)


It seems most likely that Power's shootdown was a lucky
near-miss:  From his description of what happened, some
bit(s) of the AA missile probably knocked out one or
more major systems on the U2, leaving him without power
or most controllability.

He bailed out, and either didn't set the self-destruct
charge or it failed.

Unfortunately, he can't be questioned on this subject
any more.

	seh

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