Category: Cold War
Why Soviet Pilots Called It “Man-Eater” and “Booze Carrier”: The Tupolev Tu-22 Story
The history of military aviation knows multiple examples of aircrafts that appeared to be a complete failure. But nothing can beat the story of the fiRead More…
Soviet Space Combat Laser – Polyus
As the Cold War raged between the United States and the Soviet Union, the possibility of taking the war to outer space seemed remote. But it almost haRead More…
Seaman Preminin The Man Who Stopped Disaster
A young seaman from a small village in Vologda Oblast, Soviet Union saved the world from a nuclear meltdown off the east coast of the United States.Read More…
