Text 25178, 31 rader
Skriven 2008-12-18 18:39:45 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7)
  Kommentar till text 25175 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Re: Attitudes
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RC>RC>> RW> Was the downing of the Korean 747 over Korea by Russian MIGs an
RC>RC>> RW> act of war, and what was the name of the war?
 
RC>RC>> Ouch.... Touche!
 
RC>WD> So there was a Korean 747 shot down over "Korea" by a Russian "MIG"?
 
RC> I commended him on his counter, not the factuality..
 
RC> IIRC, the doomed airliner was shot down near what would have been termed
RC> as USSR airspace around the Kamchatka peninsula?
 
That's the way I recall that event.
 
[...]
 
RC> However with the KAL incident, the Russian Fighter Pilots buzzed the
RC> flight several times, well enough to know that it was a civilian flight,
RC> yet they still shot it down.
 
As I recall, it was because of who they thought was in it, but those important
names escape me at the moment.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... I can walk on water, but I stagger on alcohol.
--- D'Bridge 3.05
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