In that provocation an altitude bomb (described by the Soviet pilot Gennadi Osipovich as ?a large secondary explosion which destroyed the aircraft as it descended?) was placed in the Korean 747 airliner to insure that even if the USSR did not shoot it down, .... On August 4, 1991with great fanfare the hugely unpopular Gorbachev took a vacation to the Crimea and behind the scenes encouraged so-called ?Gang of Eight,? some of whom accompanied him to the Crimea (! ...
In that provocation an altitude bomb (described by the Soviet pilot Gennadi Osipovich as ?a large secondary explosion which destroyed the aircraft as it descended?) was placed in the Korean 747 airliner to insure that even if the USSR did not shoot it down, .... On August 4, 1991 with great fanfare the hugely unpopular Gorbachev took a vacation to the Crimea and behind the scenes encouraged the so-called ?Gang of Eight,? some of whom accompanied him to the Crimea (! ...