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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (360549)	2/17/2003 3:22:31 PM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 769670

U2's have been shot down over the Soviet Union and Cuba. "With radar guidance the supersonic SA-2 surface-to-air missile can reach 100,000 feet, high enough to hit even the highest-flying U-2...In 1997, Iraq threatened to shoot down U-2 planes providing surveillance for the United Nations but never followed through on the threat, possibly because the U.N. U-2 flights avoided all known SA-2 sites." "U.S. officials said in this case they were aware of SA-2 missiles in the southern no-fly zone, but they were nevertheless "surprised" at Iraq's attempt to down the unarmed U-2" cnn.com re:"It's my understanding the U-2 can fly well above 100,000 feet. Do you think the Iraqi's have rockets with that range?? A former SR-71 pilot recently suggested to a friend of mine that the U-2 flies higher than a SR-71"