U-2 Spy Plane Incident Stakes were high in the 1960’s. The tension of the cold war put pressure on Eisenhower because of the Arms race. The Soviets had many military advancements that Eisenhower was curious about. Eisenhower and his team came up with a plan to find out what the Soviets were up to. Eisenhower came up with sending spy planes to fly over areas where Soviet scientist and military were to take pictures. No problems had been discovered until May first, 1960, when a U-2 plane had been shot down with pilot Francis Gary Powers on board(U-2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT). The U-2 spy plane incident started when Eisenhower was curious because of rumors about the Soviets gaining major military technologies(U-2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT). Eisenhower and
