1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
mihalych1998 [28]
3 years ago
7

How did the Soviet destruction of an American U-2 spy plane impact the 1960 Paris summit?

History
1 answer:
GrogVix [38]3 years ago
4 0

An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.

The U-2 spy plane was the brainchild of the Central Intelligence Agency, and it was a sophisticated technological marvel. Traveling at altitudes of up to 70,000 feet, the aircraft was equipped with state-of-the-art photography equipment that could, the CIA boasted, take high-resolution pictures of headlines in Russian newspapers as it flew overhead. Flights over the Soviet Union began in mid-1956. The CIA assured President Eisenhower that the Soviets did not possess anti-aircraft weapons sophisticated enough to shoot down the high-altitude planes.

On May 1, 1960, a U-2 flight piloted by Francis Gary Powers disappeared while on a flight over Russia. The CIA reassured the president that, even if the plane had been shot down, it was equipped with self-destruct mechanisms that would render any wreckage unrecognizable and the pilot was instructed to kill himself in such a situation. Based on this information, the U.S. government issued a cover statement indicating that a weather plane had veered off course and supposedly crashed somewhere in the Soviet Union. With no small degree of pleasure, Khrushchev pulled off one of the most dramatic moments of the Cold War by producing not only the mostly-intact wreckage of the U-2, but also the captured pilot-very much alive. A chagrined Eisenhower had to publicly admit that it was indeed a U.S. spy plane.

On May 16, a major summit between the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France began in Paris. Issues to be discussed included the status of Berlin and nuclear arms control. As the meeting opened, Khrushchev launched into a tirade against the United States and Eisenhower and then stormed out of the summit. The meeting collapsed immediately and the summit was called off. Eisenhower considered the “stupid U-2 mess” one of the worst debacles of his presidency. The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, was released in 1962 in exchange for a captured Soviet spy. I hope this has helped you out and have an amazing day!!!


      #brainlyzkool

You might be interested in
Why is 85% of a population of a country working in agriculture considered low?
Sonbull [250]
Because most don’t have it
4 0
3 years ago
Question 14 (2 points)
Darya [45]

Answer: 2) Minimum Gas Mileage for Vehicles

Explanation:

The Elastic Clause gives the Federal Government the flexibility it needs to exercise powers that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution by giving them the power to pass laws that they believe will help them exercise their mandate as the Federal Government.

Seeing as the Constitution already gives the Federal Government the power to approve Foreign treaties as well as oversight over equipment for the Armed forces and powers over the declaration of war, the only law that can be created under the Elastic clause is a Minimum Gas Mileage for Vehicles.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Who killed martin king
Elenna [48]

Answer:

James Earl Ray

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
The army Uniform of a Union soidier who fought in the Civil War. <br><br> A.) Primary B.) Secondary
tigry1 [53]
It is a because they used it In the war
4 0
3 years ago
What were the primary Soviet critiques of the United States?​
Phantasy [73]

Answer:

everything was good at the time

6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • How were armies supply lines and logisitics like hundreds of years ago?
    9·1 answer
  • Which activity enhances muscle strength and flexibility?
    9·2 answers
  • What region did the romanov tsars add to their territorial holdings?
    10·1 answer
  • Which of the following was one of President Bill Clinton's major goals during
    15·1 answer
  • The following text is part of the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Miranda vs. Arizona case of 1966:
    13·1 answer
  • Compare or contrast the development of society within different colonial regions from 1607 to 1700.
    6·1 answer
  • What is steel production
    15·1 answer
  • Can someone make it like you write their own words and develop it? you can change things and make it as a 7th grader would write
    11·1 answer
  • PLSSSSS HELP ILL MARK YOU BRAINLIST
    7·2 answers
  • What guidelines were created under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
    5·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!