OK, I was reading up on a case from 25 years ago. It was one of the lesser known episodes of the cold war.
In December 1987 a German kid named Mathias Rust attempted to fly from Finland into the Soviet Union. The result was pretty much as expected, as he got over Estonia, despite the Soviets claiming to have warned him he continued his course and was shot down.
The German authorities raided his house to find out why he went, (I remember there being conflicting arguments from the Soviets that he was trying to attack them - yeah right, and initially from Germans that he could have been trying to defect to the Soviets).
As it was Der Bild was able to publish his diary after it was returned to the family and it turned out he was trying to kick start the peace process between Gorbachev and Regan.
OK, so slightly ASB I know, but what on earth would have happened if he, by some insane fluke, been able to land in Red Square?
In December 1987 a German kid named Mathias Rust attempted to fly from Finland into the Soviet Union. The result was pretty much as expected, as he got over Estonia, despite the Soviets claiming to have warned him he continued his course and was shot down.
The German authorities raided his house to find out why he went, (I remember there being conflicting arguments from the Soviets that he was trying to attack them - yeah right, and initially from Germans that he could have been trying to defect to the Soviets).
As it was Der Bild was able to publish his diary after it was returned to the family and it turned out he was trying to kick start the peace process between Gorbachev and Regan.
OK, so slightly ASB I know, but what on earth would have happened if he, by some insane fluke, been able to land in Red Square?