Didn't Ultimate have a development center around Moscow? Steve
-- Sent from my Palm Pre jpb-u2ug wrote: Prime Information Jerry Banker -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:32 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is any U2 in Russia or related countries, but I understand that some PICK or PICK-a-like system was used to track Russian spies in the US, perhaps all the way to the end of the cold war. If anyone has details on that, such as which MV flavor it was (something I might have known at one time), I'd be interested. [And, yes, I know, I know, I shouldn't be on this list--it should move over to U2C, but ...] Cheers! --dawn -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Take and give some delight today On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Dominic Baron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, I also like U2. It has interesting historical associations, for those of us of a certain age. It was a "U2" spy-plane that was shot down by a "rocket" over the USSR in 1960 that led to quite a frosty first meeting between Khruschev and Kennedy in Geneva that year. > > Which leads me to ask if anyone knows whether any U2 (DB's of course) installations exist in Russia or in any of the former Soviet Republics? > > Dominic Baron. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
