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Korean Airlines Flight 007 (view source)
Revision as of 07:57, October 1, 2008
, 07:57, October 1, 2008→Stalk and Attack
When KAL 007 re-entered Soviet airspace, this time over Sakhalin Island, fighters were again scrambled with orders to "destroy the target." The Commander of the Soviet Far East District Air Defense Forces, General Valeri Kamensky,<ref>[http://www.rescue007.org/kaminski.htm Rescue 007: Kamenski Interview]</ref> was adamant that KAL 007 was to be destroyed even over neutral waters but only after positive identification showed it not to be a passenger plane. His subordinate, General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base (later to become commander of the Russian Air Force), was adamant that there was no need to make positive identification as "the intruder" had already flown over Kamchatka.
When KAL 007 re-entered Soviet airspace, this time over Sakhalin Island, fighters were again scrambled with orders to "destroy the target." The Commander of the Soviet Far East District Air Defense Forces, General Valeri Kamensky,<ref>[http://www.rescue007.org/kaminski.htm Rescue 007: Kamenski Interview]</ref> was adamant that KAL 007 was to be destroyed even over neutral waters but only after positive identification showed it not to be a passenger plane. His subordinate, General Anatoli Kornukov, commander of Sokol Air base (later to become commander of the Russian Air Force), was adamant that there was no need to make positive identification as "the intruder" had already flown over Kamchatka.
[[Image:Kornukov2.gif|General Anatolie Kornukov|left|thumb|150px]]
[[Image:Kornukov2.gif|General Anatolie Kornukov|left|thumb|150px]]
[[Image:Osipovich1983.jpg|Maj. Gennadie Osipovich (1983)|left|thumb|100px]]
[[Image:Osipovich1983.jpg|Maj. Gennadie Osipovich (1983)|left|thumb|150px]]
'''General Kornukov (to Military District Headquarters-Gen. Kamenski): (5:47)'''
''"...simply destroy [it] even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? Oh, well."''
'''Kamenski:'''
''We must find out, maybe it is some civilian craft or God knows who."''
''We must find out, maybe it is some civilian craft or God knows who."''
'''Kornukov''':
''"What civilian? [It] has flown over Kamchatka! It [came] from the ocean without identification. I am giving the order to attack if it crosses the State border."''<ref>The complete transcript of the orders to destroy KAL 007 are available at [http://www.rescue007.org/stalk.htm Rescue 007:The Stalk].</ref>
[[Image:Osipovich1996.jpg|Maj. Gennadie Osipovich illustrating his attack on KAL 007 (1996)|right|thumb|350px]]