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	The '''1960 U-2 incident''' was a diplomatic crisis sparked by the shooting down of a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] [[Lockheed U-2\|U-2]] [[Reconnaissance aircraft\|spy plane]] by [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] [[Soviet Air Defence Forces\|Air Defences]] on May 1 1960. Flown by [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] agent [[Francis Gary Powers]], the aircraft took off from [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]] before crashing near [[Yekaterinburg]] after being hit by a surface-to-air missile, resulting in Powers being captured. Initially the U.S. claimed the plane to be civilian and operated by [[NASA]] but were later forced to admit to the espionage and violation of Soviet territory once the Soviets produced irrefutable evidence. The incident damaged [[U.S.-Soviet relations]], which had previously been thawing, and showed once again the agression and deceit of the U.S.		The '''1960 U-2 incident''' was a diplomatic crisis sparked by the shooting down of a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] [[Lockheed U-2\|U-2]] [[Reconnaissance aircraft\|spy plane]] by [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] [[Soviet Air Defence Forces\|Air Defences]] on May 1 1960. Flown by [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] agent [[Francis Gary Powers]], the aircraft took off from [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]] before crashing near [[Yekaterinburg]] after being hit by a surface-to-air missile, resulting in Powers being captured. Initially the U.S. claimed the plane to be civilian and operated by [[NASA]] but were later forced to admit to the espionage and violation of Soviet territory once the Soviets produced irrefutable evidence. The incident damaged [[U.S.-Soviet relations]], which had previously been thawing, and showed once again the agression and deceit of the U.S.

			== Further reading ==

			* [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80t00246a074400420001-9 Soviet Version of the U2 incident] [https://web.archive.org/web/20250227162316/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80t00246a074400420001-9 Archived version]

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The '''1960 U-2 incident''' was a diplomatic crisis sparked by the shooting down of a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] [[Reconnaissance aircraft|spy plane]] by [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] [[Soviet Air Defence Forces|Air Defences]] on May 1 1960. Flown by [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Francis Gary Powers]], the aircraft took off from [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Pakistan]] before crashing near [[Yekaterinburg]] after being hit by a surface-to-air missile, resulting in Powers being captured. Initially the U.S. claimed the plane to be civilian and operated by [[NASA]] but were later forced to admit to the espionage and violation of Soviet territory once the Soviets produced irrefutable evidence. The incident damaged [[U.S.-Soviet relations]], which had previously been thawing, and showed once again the agression and deceit of the U.S.
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