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2023-12-01 -Obits-

Viktor Belenko, Soviet Defector Who Hijacked MiG-25 To Japan In 1976, Dies In U.S.

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 RIP. A man who followed his conscience.
(Rosebud? Somewhere in the afterlife Orson Wells is laughing.)

Posted by ed in texas 2023-12-01 08:57|| 2023-12-01 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 An act that broke the Myth of the Arsenal of Soviet Superweapons™ that was current at the time. Stainless steel parts and shoddy welds galore.

Posted by magpie 2023-12-01 15:55|| 2023-12-01 15:55|| Front Page Top

#3 And BTW, he didn't hijack the MiG 25.
He was the assigned pilot. He just flew it somewhere that the Russians didn't want it to go.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-12-01 19:33|| 2023-12-01 19:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Theft rather than hijack? Or perhaps a gift to the Americans of something that was not technically his to give away — that old ownership vs control philosophical argument the economists like to play with.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-01 23:22|| 2023-12-01 23:22|| Front Page Top

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