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U-2

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 30, 2023 by David Rosenthal · across every show →

Everything said about U-2, oldest first

May 30, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
First Satellite Mission Yielded More Soviet Photos Than All U-2 Flights
“The very first corona mission. That very first satellite that went up in August, 1960. Produced greater photo coverage of the Soviet Union than all of the previous U-II flights combined.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 1:34:25 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Skunk Works Delivered the U-2 Spy Plane in 18 Months for $3.5M
“So Skunk Works completes and delivers the plane by July, 1955. So like a year and a half and for a total project cost of three and a half million dollars.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 41:44 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
The 1960 U-2 Shootdown Was History's First Surface-to-Air Missile Kill
“This was the first time in history that a ground-to-air missile had shot down An airplane.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 53:28 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Edwin Land and Polaroid Created the U-2 Reconnaissance Camera
“Indeed, the U.S. Did, and that was Dr. Edwin Land and the Polaroid Company, who subcontracted and created all of that.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 42:55 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lockheed's Skunk Works Created Area 51 to Test the U-2
“This is Area-Fifty-One. Skunk Works creates Area-fifty-one.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 46:46 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
U-2 Test Pilots Pre-Breathed Pure Oxygen for Two Hours Before Flight
“They needed to breathe pure oxygen for two hours to remove all the nitrogen from their blood in case they had to eject, because remember, these are test pilots on a super experimental aircraft.”
Ben Gilbert May 30, 2023 ▶ 47:46 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023 positive
Opinion
The U-2 Program Delivered Louisiana Purchase Levels of Government Value
“I think you could make an analogy to, like, the Louisiana Purchase in terms of, like, best deals that the United States government ever got relative to, like, the benefit to America.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 52:36 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
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