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2024-05-31 18:53:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4403909C8775FD16FDED40055ADF40DD518A2C7DE84A5FC251D72AFC38185B56
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Context: despite the USSR's efforts at hiding involvement, US/UN forces knew they were dogfighting Soviet pilots from intercepted comms and literally seeing them in cockpits-there was no real way to actually hide it. It was a fig leaf to avoid diplomatic embarrassment. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163360 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_the_Korean_War#Soviet_air_intervention https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196389/soviet-pilots-over-mig-alley/ https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/Why-did-Putin-admit-Soviet-Union-s-secret-role-in-Korean-War-now https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/seventy-years-ago-soviet-mig-15s-attacked-american-pilots-180977440/
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