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Cyprus

July 24, 1974

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KH-9
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75cm
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Image ID 
D3C1208-400773F009_11
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This mosaic image captured during the Cyprus invasion evidence of fighting at Nicosia airport, including a burnt out plane and bombing craters.

Please see the article on this subject by Dwayne Day here - Flashpoint Cyprus 1974: Cold War satellite reconnaissance and peripheral wars.

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