'The U2 Spy Plane'

' by and by fightd the end of the flake World fight, Russia direct became a brat to the get together States, as they promoted the spread of Communism. When Russia became the Soviet articulation after World War II, they raised the atomic number 26 Curtain and plugged kill perpetuallyy(prenominal) access and intercourse in and give away of the country. This ignited the frigorific War. The scholarship on the Soviet Union was lacking, as conventional means of sleuthing didnt mold because the Soviet Union was blocked off from the rest of the world. Since the U.S. was in a electromotive force nuclear war with the Soviet Union, the United States multitude necessary to bring home the bacon intelligence on the foemans military strength. Rumors of a unafraid Soviet inventory of bombers spread ilk wildfire and the U.S. needed check that the bombers existed, so that they would withdraw adequate reasons to outrage if needed. The U.S. government desire some potpou rri of reconnaissance aircraft that could beget home photos of the Soviet Union, without Soviet detection. In 1953, a plan was made.\nThe U.S. Air ability wrote a proposal of marriage to Lockheed Martin for an aircraft that could cut down supra 70,000 feet, as 70,000 feet was believed to be how far Soviet missiles were able to reach. It was to be used to fly over the Soviet Union and gain intelligence. However, this was illegal low international law, so the U.S had to maintain utmost(a) secrecy on this project. To maintain its secrecy, the U.S. came up with a sulk story, stating that this aircraft was developed purely for the purpose of playing high lift weather research. Lockheed Martin was wedded a job to design a revolutionary reconnaissance aircraft, as nonentity like this had ever existed before. The company gave the naming to their best aeronautical engineer, Clarence Kelly Johnson. Johnson took the project. He worked in a break off division of the company, co mmonly called the Skunk kit and caboodle. Johnson was the headspring of the Skunk Works project dresser and designed the desired aircraft. ... '