I met with these officials who, you know, during that time period, glasnost, perestroika, the Russians were trying to open up to the world.
What happened to the Russians that came forward to you in 1993, and were there any repercussions for them?
If we are racing for it, to master that technology against the Russians and the Chinese, which is what I have been told by Senator Reid and many others, then it is a race that's critical to our survival.
Two of those pilots died. And after that, the Russians changed the standing order.
And the Russians didn't either.
There's a price to be paid for that too. The Russians and Chinese are trying to figure this, this out as well, but they're, they don't have the same kind of stigma.