Can I just say a big thank you to the German Luftwaffe and Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 for being such fantastic hosts and allowing me to film this at Neuburg AB where this happened. That was really awesome and not something that I expected, really enjoyed my time with the Bavarian Tigers!
@mrcat5508
Ай бұрын
No, you can not just say that.
@mrcat5508
Ай бұрын
Nice video though! I really enjoyed it.
@hoilst265
Ай бұрын
Waitasec...there was rat poison on the ground and the guy was picking parsley? Bit of spousal murder going on there?
@CRIMSON13th
Ай бұрын
Meanwhile us stole a whole devils chariot grand theft chopper
@ClimateScepticSceptic-ub2rg
Ай бұрын
For future reference, please add what the Soviets produced as a result. They previously had the clunky Alkali AAM. What was the Sidewinderski?
@angrybirder9983
Ай бұрын
At first, I thought this was about the AIM-9B that got lodged in a Chinese MiG-17 and wanted to comment "They didn't steal it, the Chinese got a high speed delivery for free and were very lucky it didn't blow up."
@JonBrase
Ай бұрын
Yeah, I was thinking "It wasn't a heist! We gave it to them!"
@restitvtororbis5330
Ай бұрын
I thought the same thing 😂
@edwinchandeck7231
Ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts
@shaider1982
Ай бұрын
That's the reason the Atoll existed. I think this is to see for upgrades
@nvelsen1975
Ай бұрын
Gives whole new meaning to the military expression "Send it" 😉
@sam1812seal
Ай бұрын
They couldn’t charge them with theft of state secrets because it wasn’t officially named as a state secret. That is so incredibly German…
@20chocsaday
Ай бұрын
Who left it there, where it could be stolen so easily
@lightcycler4806
Ай бұрын
As much so as displaying the obligatory road flag to warn people from hurting themselves on the stolen missile!
@20chocsaday
Ай бұрын
@@lightcycler4806 With a hammer and sickle on the flag.
@scrooge1374
Ай бұрын
that's also called having a good lawyer 😂
@sunnyjim1355
Ай бұрын
But it's also interesting how sometimes the law is followed to the letter of the law, and sometimes it isn't, isn't it? 🤔One might think that they were actually allowed to get away with it, so as not to let NATO get a clear, decisive advantage, so that the US MIC could demand more money (which ultimately comes from US tax payers). Weird, huh? 🤷♂
@legoeasycompany
Ай бұрын
I don't know which one is more daring, breaking into a military base to steal a missile... or attempting to drive long distance with said missile hanging out of your VW Beetle only wrapped up in a carpet.
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
It is one (or rather two) of those events where some how random pieces fall into place in perfect order to make what seems like an impossible task a reality. Also the missile in the carpet with the warning label, as silly as it sounds, why should they be stopped. They followed the law (on that matter). No wonder someone made a comedic movie about it afterwards.
@legoeasycompany
Ай бұрын
@@MilitaryAviationHistory Seems like it went from Mission Impossible to Monty Python really quick once you revealed their get-away vehicle. And yeah the hiding it in plain sight seems to have been effective or you know the lack of anything big being noticed missing for a bit too.
@nothingbutchappy
Ай бұрын
@@MilitaryAviationHistory yeah, you put a flag on it... Police don't have counter intelligence training. It's just a carpet with a flag.
@A407RAC
Ай бұрын
Also, what were the consequences of the soviet union getting access to this? Did anything need to be changed for the western nations?
@mytube001
Ай бұрын
@@A407RAC Probably not for the missile. The B model was quite limited, and there were already far more capable variants in production and even more advanced ones in development. But the INS unit was likely a much greater prize.
@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk
Ай бұрын
I suppose the sentence would have been greater if they had not taken the precaution of putting a red ribbon on the end that protruded from the car.
@bluedragontoybash2463
Ай бұрын
not to mention driving a Volkswagen with a broken rear window !! Ja !
@christopherg2347
Ай бұрын
@@bluedragontoybash2463I think those could be removed. Not like they are the first guys transporting an over length load in a VW.
@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm
Ай бұрын
@@bluedragontoybash2463 Was driving a vehicle with a broken rear window a crime in Germany at the time?
@kewintaylor7056
Ай бұрын
And they never ride faster than legal!😂
@bardsamok9221
Ай бұрын
@@WilliamMurphy-uv9pmin many countries if you're driving around with sharp shards of glass in the window you're breaking a safety law. That's common sense. If they were slightly intelligent they'd remove the whole window or remains of glass for obvious reasons (eg: getting pulled over) which is not a complex procedure, removing shards takes minutes with very common tools. Also: I think he was joking re: Volkswagen.
@the.bog.
Ай бұрын
The missile knows where it is because it’s in the back of a clapped out VW
@Neukend
Ай бұрын
It knows this because it knows it isn't on a military airbase
@065Tim
Ай бұрын
"Hey, is that a civilian anrufsammeltaxi?"
@baraka629
Ай бұрын
the missile being in a place it wasn't but it now is (Ivan's lab)
@karlstreed3698
Ай бұрын
Many years ago, I had a contractor that was running some tests for the USAF and needed an AIM-9 seeker for those tests so we ordered one from the depot. When it arrived, it was attached to a complete war shot missile! The depot wasn't used to sending less than a full system so they thought we had made a mistake. The contractor's insurance would not cover them for explosives and the truck had already left before the error was found so it couldn't be returned. We were facing having a 12-foot box containing a classified missile sitting on the side of a road in Texas while we were in Dayton Ohio. We made several phone calls before we were able to get the EOD team at Carswell AFB to go out and get the missile, less the seeker, and bring it back to an ammo bunker at Carswell. The next time we did this we actually had a guy fly to the Atlanta airport with the seeker in his carry-on case where he met the contractor who signed for it and took it his facility. You have no idea how much classified material passes through airports every day in someone's briefcase.
@igoralecu6673
Ай бұрын
wardogs type situation
@Radbot776
Ай бұрын
Wait so your saying the military sends classified parts through civilian airports and airplanes?
@campandcook3118
Ай бұрын
@@Radbot776 yes, and through other civilian logistics contractors. F.e. wooden crates with a paper "seal" labeled as "machine parts"
@Radbot776
Ай бұрын
@@campandcook3118 super genius
@noahhastings6145
Ай бұрын
@@Radbot776 Hidden in plane sight
@yellowboeing6030
Ай бұрын
Plucking parsley…..rat poison in the ground…the plot thickens
@xeonkitcat1119
Ай бұрын
Somebody had to sleep on the couch one too many times.
@atrumluminarium
Ай бұрын
😂
@diaroses3146
Ай бұрын
Sounds like some plot in Cozy Murder Mystery in sleepy English village
@qdaniele97
Ай бұрын
I doubt they put rat poison even in the grass on the outskirts of the base 😅 Besides, rat poison is almost always never lethal for human because they mix substances that cause vomiting along with the actual poison as a safety measure. Rats and mices lack a vomiting reflex and so absorb the full dose while humans throw it out before it can do any significant damage.
@_Clem_H_Fandango_
Ай бұрын
@@qdaniele97 they were worried about the dogs getting the poison, not the soldiers
@miketeeveedub5779
Ай бұрын
I will never look at a roll of carpet hanging out the window of a small car the same way ever again. Congrats on becoming part of my conspiracy lexicon.
@robertbalazslorincz8218
Ай бұрын
"You wouldn't download a car..." *downloads an AIM-9B instead*
@lycossurfer8851
Ай бұрын
Hide a Patriot missile in a rolled up yoga mat
@doodskie999
Ай бұрын
Fun fact, the Soviets had already reverse engineered this missile since 1960 as one got stuck in a PLAAF MiG-17 and didn't detonate in 1958, the Soviets persuaded the Chinese to give them the missile for further analysis. They copied it too well, even the serial number and some parts are interchangeable with the real AIM9
@Phantom-rb8yv
Ай бұрын
Interesting. Is there a source where you can read this and find out more about it?
@ummmhelp
Ай бұрын
@@Phantom-rb8yv I heard some some guy on a forum say the book "sidewinder" talks about it maybe he meant "Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake"?
@therealspeedwagon1451
Ай бұрын
The Soviets and Chinese were quite good at copying other’s homework. When the Soviets got their hands on American B-29s, they copied it down to the most minute detail and made the Tu-4. Everything about it was copied: from its bomb payload to its window layout and flight performance. Even some of the rivets missing on the original and a camera used for reconnaissance and espionage were ported over on the copy. The main things that couldn’t be copied were the thickness of the metal skin, which was in imperial units rather than metric, and the guns.
@doodskie999
Ай бұрын
@@Phantom-rb8yv just google how the soviets got the aim 9 from the Chinese, or search k 13 missile and read its history
@frankrenda2519
Ай бұрын
@@therealspeedwagon1451 every country copies including the usa
@Luis-be9mi
Ай бұрын
So the Soviets stole a missile, while the U.S. received a MIG-25 free of charge from a defector.
@user-qn3xu5ee3t
Ай бұрын
Well, if you go that way, USSR received a flyable F-5E as well as Aim-7
@NineSeptims
Ай бұрын
@@user-qn3xu5ee3t America also got VTOL and a research paper the soviets foolishly posted publicly that lead to all modern stealth jets we have now. Back then really was wild.
@femboyshitposter676
Ай бұрын
@@NineSeptims VTOL isn't really related to stealth fighters now is it yes its a feture but is not neccesary because a stealth fighter can just as easily take off without VTOL and Stealth Tech was being researched either way by this time.
@hollister2320
Ай бұрын
@@NineSeptims didn’t that narrative get disproved? Russians were so embarrassed about always trying to steal American tech, that they made up that story, to save dignity👀at least they have some pride left tho, unlike the sloppy Chines. Yikes💀
@hackmind
27 күн бұрын
And the chinese receive an EP-3 spy plane 😅
@irongron
Ай бұрын
What I find bemusing is that they brought the wrong kind of VW to do the job, they needed a Combie Van not a Beetle!
@cocodog85
Ай бұрын
they could have at least used a roof rack. but they did bring the carpet so there was some forethought.
@irongron
Ай бұрын
@@cocodog85 Yea, at first I thought they had it by chance in the beetle when Chris mentioned it, then I realised that they did bring it to hide the missile in the beetle in case they got pulled up - "hey we're just carrying some carpet home officer"!!!
@EpicThe112
Ай бұрын
If you are referring to a Combi Van you mean the VW Type 2 known in Cars as Filmore. There is another option buy the loaf van from the GDR and then steal the AIM-9B
@irongron
Ай бұрын
@@EpicThe112 Oh I have never head of them, I thought all the DDR had was Trabants! 🚓🛵
@EpicThe112
Ай бұрын
@irongron if you want to know who made them in the German Democratic Republic it's this VEB Barkas.
@Winged_Gunsknecht
Ай бұрын
The way Chris wrote his disclaimer makes me suspect he got his very own JDAM now.
@eddgar-ce3md
Ай бұрын
"for research".
@sealpiercing8476
Ай бұрын
This was a remarkably German heist from start to finish. Apparently I can still be surprised by how German Germany was at the time.
@Felix-no7nx
Ай бұрын
The pilot who stole the missile wrote a book about it. I’m searching for it for almost a year 😂 Thank you for the video!
@Haneson
Ай бұрын
This is so funny - on one side you have James Bond stories with perfectly arranged missions, and on the other side you have dudes, fitting Sidewinder into VW Beetle and driving with it 500 km while it sticks out of the window😀
@AudieHolland
Ай бұрын
At least the Soviets gave Lufthansa a 5 star review!
@josephdedrick9337
Ай бұрын
So in short, 3 guys cut a hole in the fence, grabbed the missle threw it in the car, and them drove it a long distance and somehow remained undetected throughout the entire process until 2 days later the hole was discovered and they were tracked down a year later to face trial.
@ERECTED_MONUMENT
Ай бұрын
Worse, they only found them cause one of the guys got drunk and boasted about the theft in a bar.
@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm
Ай бұрын
Is this in Florida, or Germany?
@SchwertKruemel
Ай бұрын
A schlosser isnt really a locksmith. Its rather a far broader metal working profession
@robrob9050
Ай бұрын
A welder?
@SchwertKruemel
Ай бұрын
@@robrob9050 could be, but it’s really not that specific. Unlike a smith a Schlosser is processing an intermediate product. Could be welding, could be milling or a bunch of other processes.
@robrob9050
Ай бұрын
@@SchwertKruemel Thanks for clarification
@cocodog85
Ай бұрын
a new meaning for the term ... a magic carpet ride.
@brennus57
Ай бұрын
Great job, Chris. The music and animated graphics are truly top-notch.
@npatrcevic
Ай бұрын
Great turnaround from the usual topics, großes Lob
@deadarea97
Ай бұрын
Now that you've been to the museum at Neuburg AB. Can we hope of a dedicated Inside The Cockpit of the F-4F Phantom (38+10) that they have there. I really loved the episode of the FGR.2 and I am still hoping for an episode of the F-4F or perhaps an EE Lightning. That would be awesome. Thanks for your videos!!!
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
Yup, was great to film that Phantom
@mason2511
Ай бұрын
Fantastic video and great medium format too!
@100Kakdela
Ай бұрын
Cool to see your channel taking it to the next level! Awesome video.
@ScoutSniper3124
Ай бұрын
Aboard the USS Ranger CV-61 many years ago the Marines would be posted to guard the ordnance areas aboard ship. One day I caught one NOT doing his job and being distracted by people walking by. To teach him a VALUABLE lesson I swiped the sign on the stanchion right in front of him that stated "Warning, no unauthorized personal beyond this line, DEADLY FORCE is authorized". I just took the sign and kept walking. Smiling at the thought of his Gunny Sergeant tearing him a new one for losing the sign while standing right there. I bet he NEVER stood guard in a sloppy distracted manner again. 🙂
@unclenogbad1509
Ай бұрын
I'm no big fan of the Soviets, but they did get up to a lot of fun stuff right under Nato's noses, didn't they?
@TheLazlo101
Ай бұрын
Beautifully made video! I recall having heard about that heist but it is nice to see the real objects that stood at the center of it. Also, just discovered your channel. Exactly my thing! Thank you so much!
@homebase5934
Ай бұрын
Enjoyed the way you presented this video Chris. Was great to see the old INS system too, im sure it was very good piece of technology for it's time.
@jordi6795
28 күн бұрын
Absolutely unbelievable..., it raises so many questions..., how come was the base so poorly guarded? Having been able to sneak into a military base, how did they were even catched one year later and trialed? And the outcome of the trial..., ridiculous...
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
Jordi
@dareka9425
Ай бұрын
Real life: Get in, get out and drive away. Hollywood: flashy Ocean 11 reboot but with Sidewinders. Netflix: Ocean 11 but German with a lot of sombre and twisting backstories. And Sidewinders.
@constantinethecataphract5949
Ай бұрын
The Netflix wouldn't be German tho aside for citizenship.
@barrymccockiner6641
Ай бұрын
Wasnt there a Sidewinder that hit a Mig, but didn't explode? Then removed on landing?
@mytube001
Ай бұрын
Yeah, when I saw the title, that's what I thought this would be about.
@TheArklyte
Ай бұрын
Is that the official excuse?
@TheHarvHR
Ай бұрын
@@TheArklyte he literally says this wasn't the first Sidewinder the Soviets got, but the first fully functioning one
@angrybirder9983
Ай бұрын
That was a different incident.
@rays5073
Ай бұрын
That one was Taiwanese fired and lodged into a Chinese MiG, who then passed it on to Moscow
@argusflugmotor7895
Ай бұрын
I’m liking this format Chris!
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@BasedHadrian
Ай бұрын
Love this channel
@zx3215
18 күн бұрын
The guard (G): -- Hey! Who are you?! The thief (T): -- A moth! G: -- And where are you taking this carpet?! T: -- That's my lunch! I will eat it at home!
@nicku1
20 күн бұрын
In the late 1970s, I read in the aviation press about a Strela missile that, during one of the wars in the Middle East, got stuck in the nozzle of an Israeli jet without exploding. The pilot, who apparently had the balls of bronze, managed to land with this gift and became a hero, and the Americans salivated when receiving the rocket. The funniest part of this story: I read this article during my reserve officer training in the Polish army ("communist" times) after college, sitting under a display case in which there was a Strela disassembled into parts, with the inscription "Top Secret".
Ай бұрын
Amazing opportunity to film this at the Place where it happened. Nice Video
@tino897
Ай бұрын
I really like this style of video. If possible make more of them.
@andrewpinner3181
Ай бұрын
Thanks Chris - wow ! Was not all aware of this !
@devinhallsworth5531
Ай бұрын
How the soviets stole a missle: They walked up to the hangar and just took it.
@JPR3D
Ай бұрын
Yo, those titles cards & fade was slick. Very nice. Your production has come a long way.
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
Thanks☺️
@richardque1036
19 күн бұрын
Security at the air base was so bad,according to a joke,one can even smuggle the phantom jet out of the air base.
@Francis-ce1qb
19 күн бұрын
It’s not stolen when you fired it at the enemy but it didn’t explode and the enemy just picks it up and brought it back home
@brandenburg2388
24 күн бұрын
The missile in question was accidentally discarded in the rubbish bin by a cleaner. And some guys at the garbage collection center discovered it and sold it on the black market before the Soviets purchased it.
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
Hi bug
@mabbrey
Ай бұрын
great vid
@geordiedog1749
Ай бұрын
Cool video. Fortune favours the brazen in this case!
@lionheartx-ray4135
Ай бұрын
More of this I really like this video.
@livinglifeform7974
Ай бұрын
I love how over-edited this is.
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
\o/
@aquibmohd
12 күн бұрын
I remember this , its like an angry but loving wife gives you tea when you ask her .
@omaranis
23 күн бұрын
Human ingenuity knows no bounds when backed by determination.
@Daxxon37
Ай бұрын
thanks for the overview. too bad we didn't get a video that took effort to make
@tigertiger1699
Ай бұрын
Priceless
@entropyachieved750
Ай бұрын
Cool story. More content like this please...
@doxun7823
Ай бұрын
Incredible that the thieves got such short prison sentences for such an extraordinary act of treason. One can only imagine the grisly end that would befall someone caught in the Soviet Union for a similar act.
@colbunkmust
Ай бұрын
If they did it in the US you'd get 20-life at the federal supermax. That's what happened to the guy that sold cruise missile tech to the Chinese. 32 yr sentence means he'll get out in his 80s if he's lucky.
@DaisiesTC
Ай бұрын
@@colbunkmust To be fair cruise missile tech is a bit more serious, especially when the Russians had already developed a 1:1 copy of the Aim 9B at the time.
@SerbanOprescu
Ай бұрын
And if I remember correctly, the parts sent by air mail did not arrive at their Soviet Union destination right away. Due to a postal error, they arrived somewhere in Germany first. When the German mail service discovered the error, they promptly corrected the error and re-sent it to the USSR, as per their duty! Ut arrived in Moscow a few days later, and the rest is history :)
@JustMinna
Ай бұрын
is that a picture of the aim-9b/r3s from the war thunder wiki in the thumbnail?
@johnthefishermanjohnhoyle5763
Ай бұрын
love cold war history. madness.
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
John Fisherman
@spearshaker7974
Ай бұрын
I love history so much I wish there was some kind of class or container of information on it.
@benjaminspiewak5220
Ай бұрын
Would you ever do a video on the AD/A-1 Skyraider?
@garethfairclough8715
Ай бұрын
Reminds me of an incident in the UK where an A2A missile of some sort was sent through the mail system, while live. Yes. And it made it.
@GamingHabitIsNeeded
Ай бұрын
Ussr after stealing a missile: OUR MISSILE NOW
@TUD22141
Ай бұрын
Damn the new gta online dlc is looking 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@karoltakisobie6638
Ай бұрын
That heist sounded like something Olsen gang did but in Danmark . Is anyone aware of a video about first Soviet AT missiles or missiles that armed Mig -17pf, Mig-19 pm? I found plenty of pictures but nothing about how they came about.
@kenon6968
Ай бұрын
Kind of crazy that they timed it to coincide with the rat poison on the ground and that they had already broken into the base once before
@tomlobos2871
Ай бұрын
i read about that. what a story. to note, western military missions in the gdr were not less of an adventure.
@HappyDuude
Ай бұрын
Next on its always Sunny - The Gang Steals a Missle
@markf37talon
26 күн бұрын
Would be interesting to know how they got caught
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
Mark stark
@magdovus
Ай бұрын
Was this after the one they acquired via the Chinese when it failed to explode and got wedged in the target plane?
@Jzeg13
19 күн бұрын
Well we salvaged “part” of one of their nuclear submarines that they weren’t even able to find sooo…scoreboard? Missile vs Sub, you tell me
@dougerrohmer
Ай бұрын
How did they catch the guys? Probably just sat back and looked out for the first guy to pull a Ferrari into the staff parking, like Richard Pryor in Superman III.
@scottessery100
Ай бұрын
If Hollywood made this into a film it’d be a comedy
@mackfisher4487
Ай бұрын
What was the line from the film "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" Or was it "Ice Station Zebra" that talked about the Russian German scientists and the American German scientists. We could extrapolate that to your German spies and our German spies.
@RextheDragon881
Ай бұрын
Thumbnail of the day award Always loved the style of soviet propaganda Also great vid! Thanks
@NothingIsKnown00
Ай бұрын
I love the story about when the American got their hands on a MiG-25. They thought it was some Soviet super weapon but it was just an outdated interceptor from when nuclear weapons required bomber aircraft.
@marioshadjikyriacou3381
Ай бұрын
Whatever the Americans were thinking is one thing, whatever that turned out to be is another!! Mig25 is made to intercept SR71, and nuclear bombing as a second task! Thus its electronics! They were not made with miscochips, they were made of "lambs" which are not affected by nuclear radiation!
@kineticdeath
Ай бұрын
i knew that the soviets got an unexploded sidewinder from the back of a mig, but i never knew that someone broke into a base and stole one in the dead of night. Thats literally a bond movie opening scene in real life
@nathanielwowchuk6880
Ай бұрын
So, they pretty much got off scot free because it was so new it wasn't classified? Wow
@kensai7
Ай бұрын
Why is the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 not named after Mölders anymore?
@ScottRobsco
Ай бұрын
Wow!
@theDaNi0
Ай бұрын
This happened in October of 1967, for anyone else wondering.
@rubylaser8601
28 күн бұрын
West Germany security control was really bad.
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
Ruby
@TheIvanNewb
Ай бұрын
I just wish the Danish/Swedish mail service was this good today. What happens with a lack of funding, but at least there won't be any AIM-120s mailed to Moscow this way!
@pietpanzerpanzer5335
Ай бұрын
Ofcourse you have to berücksichtigen the straßenverkehrsordnung and put the red flag on an object extending more than 1 meter out
@jacksparrowBharat007
Ай бұрын
Some time make a video on how US stole Mig fighter,stole Russian helicopter.
@ClaraBells-u8z
21 күн бұрын
Jack
@guillepankeke2844
Ай бұрын
"Their motivation werent all clear" Maybe it was ideological motivation?
@ulfhedtyrsson
Ай бұрын
And then they sent the AIM9B back with many laughing emojis
@techtinkerin
Ай бұрын
Kinda surprised they didn't just knock on the door, ask and be told yeah help yourself 😂
@Ecovictorian
Ай бұрын
4:00 is that correct? Accordingly, there should be a list of what is classified as a state secret... This contradicts the logic of state secrets and many things in the legal system do not work like that The regular penalties for disclosing a state secret according to the Criminal Code are not very high. I would rather assume that the problem was not that it was not a state secret, but that other "Tatbestände" were not applicable or that the punishment was generally very low
@shengyi1701
Ай бұрын
We had Mini Coopers for Italian Job and for this German Job, we have VW Beetle! Herbie wont be pleased!
@user-cp4pw6ks7b
Ай бұрын
in fact, the Soviets also stole the first artificial satellite and the first space rocket from the United States. This is a well-known fact, but for some reason no one talks about it.
@ronaldkonkoma4356
Ай бұрын
I only read the headline. Did they smuggle it out after it failed to detonate in their fuselage?
@bluedragontoybash2463
Ай бұрын
the entire video is funnier than the headline
@user-kq4hf8se5b
22 күн бұрын
Russia stole an American missile, America stole a Russian submarine off the ocean floor. Sounds like a fair trade
@spartacusreview
17 күн бұрын
True but the Soviets stole the Atom Bomb blueprints in 1945
@bardsamok9221
Ай бұрын
The Germans at the time had many people with high authority that were _very_ friendly with the Kremlin. There may be more to this than meets the eye but no one will ever know.
@grimmerjxcts2206
Ай бұрын
Least insane cold war moment:
@robertalaverdov8147
Ай бұрын
Not stolen, finessed.
@Screwball70
Ай бұрын
Back in them days the sidewinder seeker wasnt that cleaver, so atleast the soviets didnt get away with a later version lol
@FidelCastro404
21 күн бұрын
They should make a movie ..
@samgeorge4798
Ай бұрын
Why is the one sidewinder shorter than the other?
@MuhammadAli-255
Ай бұрын
They are both the same missile but the “shorter” one is placed a little further back than the “bigger” one.
@samgeorge4798
Ай бұрын
@@MuhammadAli-255 The fins are in the same place and when comparing the two the "longer" one has a longer distance from the lens too the first seam line. As well as having a different lense colour. I think it's a aim-9b fgw.2
@nvelsen1975
Ай бұрын
You shouldn't wash them any hotter than 30 degrees, otherwise they shrink, as you've seen.
@whytebearconcepts
Ай бұрын
We gave them one in September1958 during the Taiwan Crisis, stuck in the side of a PLAAF Mig-17F. They didn't need to steal another one.
@truongchau56
Ай бұрын
IIRC, the stolen one is the Aim-9D. The Soviets found out that their R-3S (which is the lodge Aim 9B) was becoming obsolete.
@whytebearconcepts
Ай бұрын
@@truongchau56 Thank you for that follow up, I had not heard that addition before.
@300guy
Ай бұрын
So INS Inertial Navigation System?
@MilitaryAviationHistory
Ай бұрын
Yes
@davidbrennan660
Ай бұрын
Lots of odd things went east in a Diplomatic bag ….and still does, as things move west.
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