To monitor the progress of the Soviets in the areas where there were ICBMs and long range bombers and to gather military intelligence ~ see related link below .
The U-2 plane is a spy plane. In the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union one plane from the US crashed in the Soviet Union. This caused a great deal of tension seeing as how the American president of the time was denying the act of spying on Russia at the time.
The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls
The Verona Project.
the soviets shot down an American spy plane
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.
There has been spying going on between nations for a long time but actual organized spying on the Soviet Union began after world war one and then really got serious after world war two.
The " U-2 incident" .
U-2 incident
U-2 incident
It was an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. It was The U-2 crysis of 1960.
The Verona Project.