A teenager embarrassed the Soviet military in 1987 by landing a plane in Red Square
An 18-year-old pilot managed to bypass the world's most sophisticated air defense system in 1987, landing a small Cessna in Moscow's Red Square to deliver a message of peace to the Soviet Union.
On May 28, 1987, West German teenager Mathias Rust shocked the world by landing a light aircraft just steps from the Kremlin. Despite the Soviet Union's massive network of radar and interceptor jets, Rust flew 500 miles undetected by flying at low altitudes and exploiting gaps in military communication.
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