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。
Thus, a spy plane could not be completely invisible if it were to be used for espionage or, indeed, flown at all, since its pilots would need to know its position relative to the ground.
Immediately assume that the Chinese are justified in their response. Who of us really knows whether our spy plane was over international waters or in Chinese airspace.
目前看中国人的回应是正当的我们中谁也不知道我们的间谍飞机是在国际水域上飞还是在中国领空上飞。
Some describe the American spy plane missions along the Chinese coastline as in-your-face intelligence collection and an ostentatious display of power.
一些人将美国侦察机在中国沿海的活动描写为肆无忌禅的、虎视眈眈的情报收集和炫耀自己实力的行为。
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.
In an undated picture, a mock-up of the A-12 spy plane sits perched upside down on a testing pylon at Area 51-part of radar tests to reveal revealed how visible, or invisible, the design was to radar.