Tag: Cold War

Amid the Cold War, a Russian spy tried to obtain intel from a Grumman engineer involved in the design of the then-state-of-the-art F-14 aircraft.

The new cold war is already here, and it’s our job to keep the Chinese from freezing us out of the global marketplace.

Adapting to the ever-changing tactics of warfare, some conflict in Europe has been approached through various unconventional tactics

Mi-24 is among the venerable assault helicopter gunship built by the Soviets during the Cold War era that made it through the present day.

Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage as Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, has threatened that Russia will “make use of all weapon systems available to us” if Russia’s territorial integrity is threatened.

When a nuclear alarm went off shortly after midnight in the fall of 1983, a USSR officer on duty had to make a life-changing decision.

The Cold War relationship between the two rival nations was often tense. Once, it led to the threat of nuclear war breaking out because Russia wanted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, very close to the U.S. That brought the world to the brink of what would have been a catastrophic conflict.

The United States has had a complicated relationship with a nuclear power over the years. Initially, the government was very supportive of it, but that sentiment changed in the 1970s after the Three Mile Island accident.

Whether to get ahead of other nations that posed threats or just for the peace of mind that they won’t be nuked one day, espionage agents became their countries’ secret weapons.

Would you ever expect a pilotless fighter jet to take off about a thousand kilometers and then come crashing on your roof in the middle of a farm?

When the Soviets built an embassy in Washington, the US quickly got up to its feet and devised a plan of literally undermining the embassy that was positioned high above.

What would a teenager possibly do if he decided that he’s had enough of the political tension known as the Cold War during its era?