To remedy this politically intolerable situation, Nasser…

February 1970 CE

To remedy this politically intolerable situation, Nasser Had flown to Moscow and asked the Soviet Union to establish an air defense system manned by Soviet pilots and antiaircraft forces protected by Soviet troops.

To obtain Soviet aid, Nasser has had to grant the Soviet Union control over a number of Egyptian airfields as well as operational control over a large portion of the Egyptian army.

The Soviet Union sends between ten thousand and fifteen thousand Soviet troops and advisers to Egypt, and Soviet pilots fly combat missions.

A screen of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) is set up, and Soviet pilots join Egyptian ones in patrolling Egyptian air space.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Gamal Abdel Nasser View →

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Israel View → United Arab Republic (U.A.R.; Arab Republic of Egypt) View →

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