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How to Steal a MiG, Part 2/2: The Men in Plaid | CIA

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

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The MiG-23 - The Red Hats

Sophia DiMartino: Spying only requires two people to be able to communicate. The exploitation of the Egyptian supplied MiG-23s went on through to 1988. Saddam Hussein had a fleet of 127 MiG- 23s in active service at the time that the US military intervened in Iraq's invasion of Q8. Join us next week for a special episode highlighting some of the best trade craft from the True Spies Archive.

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