that stops their offensive missiles then their offensive missiles have no value and we're safe. >> the soviets were nervous and very afraid. there is a stasis, almost a paralysis 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 had been some kind of hassle between soviet fighter jets and a korean airlines 747, and we led you to believe the plane had landed safely on soviet territory. sadly, that was not true. >> at approximately 1600 hours, the aircraft strayed into soviet air space, the korean aircraft was reported by the soviet pilot at 10,000 meters. at 1826 hours, the soviet pilot reported that he fired a missile and the target was destroyed. >> they went on a peaceful trip,