Talk:Blip-to-scan ratio

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[edit] U2 shot down by aircraft?

Under the heading "Aircraft Projects", the following phrase concerns me: "Although interception proved difficult, it was only a matter of time before one of their aircraft "got lucky" and a U-2 was shot down." If this was referring to the Gary Powers U2 mission, he wasn't shot down by an aircraft but by a surface to air missile. The only other reference to a U2 being shot down was Rudolph Anderson's over Cuba in 1962. As yet I haven't been able to reference how, yet but I'd imagine it was also via surface to air missile. If these can be better referenced by someone then this sentence will need to be changed. Malloc 10:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

I intended the statement to suggest that the Soviets would eventually get one of their interceptors into range for a kill, with enough practice. A MiG-19 in a zoom climb armed with long range rockets might just do the trick, for instance. That is what I meant by "their aircraft", although I guess that should have been more clear. Maury 16:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)