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US did the same thing with MiG-25 after a Russian pilot defected in 1976 [0]. Recently, after a NATO exercise in Europe, US sent an inert Hellfire missile thro

by Jerry2 10y ago

US did the same thing with MiG-25 after a Russian pilot defected in 1976 [0]. Recently, after a NATO exercise in Europe, US sent an inert Hellfire missile through Cuba and Cubans confiscated it in transit. They returned it sometime after but everyone assumes that Russians/Chinese paid Cuba to have a look at it and have dissected it before Cubans sent it back. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko [1] https://www.rt.com/usa/328303-cuba-missile-usa-accident/ https://www.rt.com/usa/328303-cuba-missile-usa-accident/

dba7dba 10y ago
Inspecting plane from defector or mis-shipped missile is different from grabbing a piece of equipment floating near a naval vessel in the middle of international water.
- devoply 10y ago
  All is fair in love and war. What are you going to do, start a war over this? No. Well then. I guess everyone is free to steal and copy whatever they want to... as long as they have enough force to back up their moves. Just as it has always been.
cylinder 10y ago
Chinese presidential plane was sent to Boeing in San Antonio for maintenance. When it was returned it was found to be full of bugs (microphones not insects).
- mistermann 10y ago
  Is this a famous ~confirmed incident?
  - hawkice 10y ago
    Not sure if the tilda is meant as a negation (unfortunately, many people also use it for "approximately", which is a near-antonym), but: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1769642.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1769642.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1382116/China-finds-spy-bugs-in-Jiangs-Boeing-jet.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1... http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/19/news/mn-23654 http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/19/news/mn-23654 It probably did happen.
    - mistermann 10y ago
      I use ~ for approximately all the time, I hope I'm not being technically incorrect?

by Jerry2 10y ago

dba7dba 10y ago

Inspecting plane from defector or mis-shipped missile is different from grabbing a piece of equipment floating near a naval vessel in the middle of international water.

devoply 10y ago
All is fair in love and war. What are you going to do, start a war over this? No. Well then. I guess everyone is free to steal and copy whatever they want to... as long as they have enough force to back up their moves. Just as it has always been.

cylinder 10y ago

Chinese presidential plane was sent to Boeing in San Antonio for maintenance. When it was returned it was found to be full of bugs (microphones not insects).

mistermann 10y ago
Is this a famous ~confirmed incident?
- hawkice 10y ago
  Not sure if the tilda is meant as a negation (unfortunately, many people also use it for "approximately", which is a near-antonym), but: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1769642.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1769642.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1382116/China-finds-spy-bugs-in-Jiangs-Boeing-jet.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1... http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/19/news/mn-23654 http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/19/news/mn-23654 It probably did happen.
  - mistermann 10y ago
    I use ~ for approximately all the time, I hope I'm not being technically incorrect?