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'''The second mission involved the civilian ships in the vicinity of Moneron as well as the border guards.  This mission was ordered at 18:55; just 29 minutes after missile impact and 17 minutes after KAL 007 had reached "point zero altitude" (1,000 feet above sea level and the point and which Soviet radar on the Siberian Maritime could no longer track KAL 007 because of the curvature of the earth).'''  
 
'''The second mission involved the civilian ships in the vicinity of Moneron as well as the border guards.  This mission was ordered at 18:55; just 29 minutes after missile impact and 17 minutes after KAL 007 had reached "point zero altitude" (1,000 feet above sea level and the point and which Soviet radar on the Siberian Maritime could no longer track KAL 007 because of the curvature of the earth).'''  
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(That at least one Soviet naval rescue mission had been ordered even before KAL007 had reached the surface of the waters off Moneron is attested by the following - taken from the Izvestia testimony of a Soviet Naval Specialist who had been involved in the rescue mission:  "When we learned that the aircraft had been attacked, and that weapons had been used, we began to analyse when it might possibly come down.  Ships were ordered to the ''anticipated'' [emphasis added] area.  Several ships headed there at once at full speed...")'''
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(''That at least one Soviet naval rescue mission had been ordered even before KAL007 had reached the surface of the waters off Moneron is attested by the following - taken from the Izvestia testimony of a Soviet Naval Specialist who had been involved in the rescue mission:  "When we learned that the aircraft had been attacked, and that weapons had been used, we began to analyse when it might possibly come down.  Ships were ordered to the ''anticipated'' [emphasis added] area.  Several ships headed there at once at full speed...")'''''
    
'''Gen. Strogov: (18:54)'''''Hello…  Hello, Titovnin…  You s... [obscenities]  I’ll lock you up in the guard house.  Why don’t you pick up the phone?''
 
'''Gen. Strogov: (18:54)'''''Hello…  Hello, Titovnin…  You s... [obscenities]  I’ll lock you up in the guard house.  Why don’t you pick up the phone?''
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