Cold War

After a series of close encounters between Russian and NATO military aircraft over the Black Sea in recent months, the waterway is now seeing a ramping up of naval activity as well. According to a statement released by the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney has now joined its sister […]

A recently released Pentagon document has confirmed the existence of a new nuclear weapon being developed for the Russian military. This new intercontinental, nuclear-armed undersea autonomous torpedo is rumored to be the most powerful nuclear weapon developed by any nation in decades. The weapon, dubbed “Kanyon” by U.S. Defense officials and “Ocean Multipurpose System Status-6” […]

John Young, one of the most experienced astronauts in history, passed away at the age of 87 on Friday, following complications attributed to pneumonia, according to a statement released by NASA on Saturday. Young began his historic career with NASA in 1962, when the Navy fighter pilot was among only nine chosen to carry the […]

Last month, North Korea tested their latest and most advanced ballistic missile platform to date, the Hwasong-15, and although its reentry vehicle appeared to fail, the platform itself proved capable of covering enough distance to place cities on America’s eastern seaboard within its potential range.  For the first time since the Cold War, Americans on […]

During the Cold War, American and Russian space faring efforts enjoyed a level of prestige (and more notably, funding) unparalleled in the modern world. In hind sight, we tend to attribute historic accomplishments like Yuri Gagarin’s momentous trip to into orbit and Neil Armstrong’s legendary first step onto another world as symbolic victories for our […]

One day after the U.S. State Department announced intentions to match Russian violations of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by developing cruise missile platforms to match Russian assets, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Americans of misrepresenting the facts of the situation. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert announced on Friday that that United States […]

The United States acknowledged this week that the ongoing development of nuclear capable cruise missile platforms, particularly those that may be launched from airborne bombers, may not be in keeping with a cold war era treaty established between the U.S. and Russia.  According to a statement made by State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, America would […]

With the Cold War with Russia reheating again, the Pentagon is planning on dusting off the former air base in Keflavik, Iceland and refurbishing it to keep an eye on Russia’s new submarines. The modernization of hangars at the Naval Air Station in Keflavik is a $14.4 million-dollar upgrade which will house more of the […]

As the specter of conflict with Russia looms over Europe, NATO defense ministers decided Wednesday to expand the alliance’s operations for the first time since the Cold War, sharpen its focus on cyber operations, and boost its capability to respond to Kremlin aggression. The moves came as tensions with Russia remain the highest they have […]

Nuclear weapons experts and analysts set themselves in a tizzy last week after NBC News reported President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a tenfold increase in America’s nuclear arsenal. Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis strenuously denied the story, the NBC reporters stood by it and that’s pretty much where it landed. But amid the flurry, the following […]

The 1980’s witnessed the twilight years of the Cold War.  Beneath the surface, centers of power were being consolidated, strange bed fellows met in secret, and intelligence officers dug in their heels following a type of sunk cost fallacy which would lead them to believe that the Cold War would continue forever.  One of the […]

As NATO continues to bolster its defenses in Eastern Europe, and Russia participates in large-scale military exercises that seem to directly approximate war in the Baltics, some could be forgiven for lamenting the arrival of what appears to be a second Cold War.  Russia and the United States, for instance, have already announced contracts for […]