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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
Only active shootdown of hostile “aircraft” over US “mainland”… ever?
I know there was submarine action off the coasts in WW2 and ground combat in Alaska vs the Japanese. But is this the only time?
Way to go Maverick!
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I remember listening to an awesome podcast episode from Radiolab that discussed the time the Japanese floated bombs via balloons over the Pacific that were designed to unleash hell on Murica. Was really fascinating but can't remember the episode name.
Edit - found it! Highly recommend a listen! The Japanese government got school kids to hand-fold the special paper into 9000 balloons!
https://radiolab.org/episodes/fu-go
As for other countries shooting down hostile aircraft invading their airspace, Russia shot down an American spy plane that was in Soviet airspace in the 60s.
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On#May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace. The fallout over the incident resulted in the cancellation of the Paris Summit scheduled to discuss the ongoing situation in divided Germany, the possibility of an arms control or test ban treaty, and the relaxation of tensions between the#USSR#and the United States.
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https://history.state.gov/milestones...60/u2-incident