Soviet defector pilot Viktor Belenko did not live a happy life. he said this TASS Press spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
According to him, traitors can never live a happy life, and the greatest misfortune for a person is to be a traitor.
Viktor Belenko in September dead 76 years old in the USA. A few weeks later, the Washington Post published an obituary.
Belenko died on September 24 at a nursing home near the small town of Rosebud in Southern Illinois, according to the NYT. The refugee passed away after a short illness, according to the pilot’s son Paul.
During a training flight on September 6, 1976, Belenko hijacked a MiG-25 interceptor fighter aircraft into Japan. Thus, it gave the United States the opportunity to study the design of the then newest machine. Belenko received political asylum and later citizenship in the United States; here he raised a family, advised authorities and defense companies, and also served as an expert in the media.
The hijacking of the plane led to the replacement of the “Silicon” type status identification system with a more modern system with a more complex coding algorithm – “Password”. The Smerch-A radar station was replaced by the new Sapphire S-25 radar. In addition, the planes were hastily prepared for export to friendly countries, and at one point large numbers were purchased in Asia and the Middle East, with the result that this escape also backfired on the Americans, who were faced with a danger. a large number of modern combat vehicles in almost all major theaters of military operations.
It was like that before provenFeeling of loneliness increases the risk of early death.