Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: What Happens When Superpower Air Defenses Really Fail via 911blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related Alternative News by Michael Morrissey on 9/3/08 Eleven years ago yesterday the trial against Matthias Rust began in Moscow. A few months earlier, on May 28, 1987, the 19-year-old German had landed his single-engine Cessna about 100 meters from Red Square. There are still unanswered questions about how this amateur pilot was able to penetrate what Bill Keller of the New York Times called “the world’s most vaunted air defenses” (NYT, June 7, 1987).
There is no question, though, about the aftermath: “With surprising speed and openness, Defense Minister Sergei L. Sokolov, 75, was retired. The commander of the air defense system, Marshal Aleksandr I. Koldunov, was sacked with a harsh rebuke from the ruling Politburo. Other senior military figures were expected to be removed more quietly.” Tom LeCompte wrote in Air & Space Magazine, July 1, 2005: read more Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to 911blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related Alternative News using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
