Unmasking the Cold War’s Secret Skirmishes: Deception, Espionage, and the Pursuit of Power
Introduction On April 8th, 1950, in the midst of the Cold War, the skies over international waters bore witness to a clandestine aerial confrontation. Soviet Pilot Anatolij Gerasimov, at the helm of his Lavochkin 11 fighter plane, took aim at the imposing silhouette of the US Navy PB 4Y2 Privateer. In a deafening burst of…