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As America, Russia, and Israel today face-off in Syria, the story forty-eight years ago sounds ominously familiar. Here s What You Need to Remember: Israel decided that the Soviets needed to be taught a lesson. That lesson would be carefully prepared and delivered. With Russian-speaking Israeli radio operators monitoring Soviet communications, the IAF had a pretty good idea of the force they faced. On July 30, 1970, five Soviet MiG-21 fighters were blown out of the sky by the Israeli Air Force. And all in three minutes. (This first appeared in April.) As America, Russia, and Israel today face-off in Syria, the story forty-eight years ago sounds ominously familiar. A Soviet client state Egypt at the time was in trouble. Humiliated by crushing defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War, Egypt s president Gamal Abdel Nasser chose to confront Israel without risking defeat in open battle: the War of Attrition of 1967–70 would see constant Egyptian artillery barrages and commando raids on Israe

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