Talk:U2 Over Siberia

The United States government had ample evidence by 1962 that the U2's were safe from enemy fighters - it was SAMs and other ground to air missiles, like what brought down Gary Powers, that they were worried about. No need to send fighters, especially ones that could not get there fast if at all, that could get shot down by fighters and be sitting ducks for the SAMs.

Not only that, but nuclear armed ones? There is no way they would ever do that. And a nuclear response to simple anti-air missiles fired from fighters? Talk about overkill. On an impossible level.

Lordganon 04:55, September 15, 2011 (UTC)