then their offensive missiles have no value. >> the soviets were nervous and afraid. there's a stasis at the top of the leadership, they were fearful the reagan administration would take advantage of their weakness. as a result, the soviets are very reactive. >> if you were watching this broadcast last night, you probably went to sleep with the same impression we did. there has been some kind of a hassle between soviet fighter jets and korean airline 747 and we led you to believe that the plane landed safely on soviet territory. sadly, that was not true. >> at approximately 1600 hours, the plane strayed into soviet air space. at 1826 hours, the soviet pilot reported that he fired a missile and the target was destroyed. >> they went on a peaceful trip. they weren't any spies or anything like that.