Re:Narco Submarine Found in Spain
by sterlind on Monday March 15, 2021 @02:13AM
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Rust's landing was actually a huge black eye to Soviet military and intelligence. From what I recall, their radar techs reported the contact but the chain of command fell to pieces, especially between handoffs.
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His plane has been intercepted and identified as a Yak-12, at which point the military erroneously redesignated him as a flight rules violator as opposed to cross-border intruder.
A slightly different situation, but within the general "the eagle doesn't catch flies" pattern.