During what year did the U-2 incident occur?
1958
1960
1962
1972
Answer
In 1960, during the Cold War, the U-2 incident took place. It involved an American U-2 spy plane flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, which was shot down by Soviet air defense while conducting aerial reconnaissance over the Soviet airspace, escalating Cold War tensions.
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