An American U-2 spy plane captured in the Soviet Union in 1960 had taken off from a secret airbase near Peshawar.

苏联在1960年俘获的一架美国U - 2型侦察机就是从位于白沙瓦附近的一处秘密空军基地起飞的。

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Perhaps the most famous spy swap involved Francis Gary Powers, a U.S. pilot who had been shot down in a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960.

或许最为著名的间谍互换事件的案主叫做Francis Gary Powers，1960年这位美国飞行员驾驶的U-2侦察机在苏联被击落。

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One theory is that it is a spy plane, designed to catch savvy targets that know how to go to ground when spy satellites—which have predictable orbits—are overhead.

这些精明的目标发现间谍卫星（有可预见的轨道）位临上空时，能够知道如何隐蔽自己。

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The Nimrod spy plane exploded on 2 September 2006, shortly after undergoing air-to-air refuelling.

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Flying ten miles high, a new unmanned spy plane will capture moving images never before possible ( see p. 52).

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The UK defence ministry said on Friday it was deploying its Sentinel R1 spy plane to support French troops in Mali.

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