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HISTORY • Oct 30, 2021

Operation Unthinkable – A Secret Double Cross to Destroy the Soviet Union

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AIR &AMP; SPACE • Oct 27, 2021

The Soviet Moon Landing Hoax that Terrified NASA and the CIA

On September 18, 1968, Western intelligence picked up a signal from Zond 5, a Soviet lunar mission.The messages were unusual. They emitted the voices…

A-10 WARTHOG • Oct 25, 2021

RUSSIA’S A-10 WARTHOG: THE SU-25 IS BUILT TO KILL AN ARMY

Around the same time the U.S. Air Force was looking for a dedicated close air-support aircraft, a requirement that eventually fielded the A-10 Warthog,…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Oct 24, 2021

MiG-31: Intercepting the SR-71

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AIR &AMP; SPACE • Oct 19, 2021

The Best Fighter Never Built? Northrop F-20 Tigershark

During the 1970s, a program was created to ensure that America's allies could face the Soviet Union’s air threat. The ensuing FX program would…

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS • Oct 11, 2021

The Insanely Armed, Briefly Feared, Abandoned Soviet Aircraft Cruisers

For decades, the Soviet Navy terrorized the NATO Allies in the ocean with a mighty carrier fleet. In stark contrast to their American counterparts,…

HISTORY • Oct 7, 2021

The Delta Force Mission in America’s Backyard – Operation Urgent Fury

In 1983, the tiny 110,000-citizen nation of Grenada witnessed a severe confrontation between Western democracies and Communism. The small island, located within the Grenadines…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Oct 5, 2021

Rare Soviet Supersonic Myasishchev M-50 Bounder

The Myasishchev M-50 ‘Bounder’ was a rare Soviet Air Force four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber prototype conceived to strike against the Americans in case…

A-10 WARTHOG • Sep 28, 2021

A-10 Warthog: Why did the US Congress prevent the decommissioning of Fairchild?

Beginning in 2015, the US Air Force planned to retire all of its A-10 attack aircraft, but the plan was opposed by Congress. So…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Sep 18, 2021

Su-30SM Becomes Belarus’ Next Main Fighter

The Su-30SM fighter is the most advanced variant of the Su-30, has been put into operation in many air forces, and this version is…

HISTORY • Sep 10, 2021

The secret Soviet radar hidden in Chernobyl’s shadow

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HISTORY • Sep 9, 2021

Antonov An-30: A Little Known Soviet Aerial Cartography Platform

Developed on the basis of the Antonov An-24 airframe by Beriev of the Soviet Union, the Antonov An-30 is known as an aerial cartography…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Sep 3, 2021

Soviet Tu-22 Supersonic Bomber

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HISTORY • Aug 31, 2021

HOW THE CIA GRABBED TWO RUSSIAN NUCLEAR TORPEDOES FROM A DEAD SUBMARINE

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CHINA • Aug 30, 2021

Sovremenny-class Destroyer: Soviet Veteran, but still Valid in China

Sovremenny is a class of destroyer in the service of the Soviet Navy, and now the Russian Navy, with the main task of anti-surface…

HISTORY • Aug 25, 2021

The Secret CIA Acoustic Kitty Project

Around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960s, there were reports that the Soviet Union was spending millions of rubles…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Aug 19, 2021

Kamov Ka-26: The Weird Helicopter of the Kamov Family

This is one of the most bizarrely designed helicopters ever produced in the world, the Kamov Ka-26 (NATO reporting name Hoodlum). Ka-26 does not…

AIR &AMP; SPACE • Aug 5, 2021

North Korea’s Mysterious Underwater Training Facilities

Recent satellite photographs by the United States Naval Institute suggest that North Korea is likely training dolphins for military purposes.Several fishing farms lay along…