Question

Which of the following is significant about the U-2 Spy Plane Incident?

a. Was one of the 1open rebellions in Eastern Europe against the power of the USSR
b. Was one of the largest public demonstrations against China; communist officials brutally suppressed it
c. It started a war that eventually saw the US & USSR join sides against the UK, France, & Israel
d. It saw a move toward "communism with a human face" that caused the USSR to brutally suppress it
e. Exposed US for spying on the USSR & lying about it at the highest levels of our government

Answer 1

The correct answer is E. The US was exposed for spying on the USSR and lying about it at the highest levels of our government.

Step-by-step explanation

The U-2 aircraft is an aircraft used for surveillance activities used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is characterized by carrying out its surveillance activities at altitudes above 21,000 m. During the Cold War, there was an episode in which a US U-2 spy plane that was used for intelligence activities on issues related to nuclear bombs, was shot down in the Soviet Union (USSR) by the military who captured the pilot of that plane. This episode was characterized by the cover-up of the facts by the intelligence of the United States at the highest levels of the government, and the international community without knowing that the Soviets had under their power the plane´s pilot who had reported on the main objective of the mission. According to the above, the correct answer is E. They exposed the US for spying on the USSR and lying about it at the highest levels of our government.