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How the A-12 Spy Plane Helped Avert War Against North Korea The planes were able to show that, despite North Korean provocations, they were not mobilizing for a full war. Key point: The USS Pueblo incident nearly caused a Second Korean War. Here is how the CIA spied out North Korea to see if Pyongyang really was preparing for another fight. On October 30, 1967, a CIA spy-plane soared eighty-four thousand feet over Hanoi in northern Vietnam, traveling faster than a rifle bullet at over three times the speed of sound. A high-resolution camera in the angular black jet’s belly recorded over a ...

SR-71 Blackbird, I am Your Father: Meet the Lockheed A-12 The CIA’s twelve ultra-fast A-12 jets were doomed to a brief operational career after the first flight in 1962. Here's What You Need To Remember: Ultimately, the A-12 was done in by a far more ancient enemy than the Soviet Union: budget cuts. Analysis of Week’s photos located the USS Pueblo near Wonsan anchored next to two patrol boats—and also revealed that Pyongyang had not mobilized its troops for war. This led Johnson to rule out plans for a preemptive or punitive strike in favor of diplomatic measures which eventually saw t...

Jack Weeks’ mobility was taken away; his positive attitude wasn’t A diving accident at a Delaware beach in June left the 16-year-old from Portland paralyzed from the neck down. Surrounded by loved ones at his new home in Gorham, his grip on hope endures. Share At home in Maine, Jack Weeks takes his brother, Gus, 9, for a ride on his wheelchair. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer GORHAM — Jack Weeks left Portland in June, headed for the Delaware shore and beach days with his family. He came home on a cold December day to a house he’d never seen. While swimming in the ocean in Delaware, t...

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Away. >> you just reminded me of my favorite metaphor. remember when the prisoners of war over in south asia did a great job of building the bridge. but they were building the bridge for the japanese, their enemies. boy, they did it right. they built it strong. they did everything right, but you're giving it right to the enemy. the purpose of his being in that tampg was to look like he was ready to fight a war. it made him look like a cartoon characterist character. >> if i could have blown up that, i would have. it was horrible. >> this is great journalism. for those of us -- it has nothing t...