Cold war
The Real-Life “Hunt for Red October” Was Almost as…
Two real-life events shaped Tom Clancy’s award-winning book: an attempted mutiny on a Soviet…
An Angry Soviet Fighter Pilot Once Gave His Plane to…
Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was…
How Ronald Reagan’s Invasion of Grenada Pulled America…
The invasion served as proof of concept that Reagan was a tough anti-Communist with the foreign…
What NATO Can Learn from the Soviet Delta-Class…
There have been four iterations of the Delta-class submarines, designed to serve as a key element of…
Here’s Why the USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Was America’s…
The USS Sturgeon set the standard for the fleet and served as the backbone of America’s undersea…
Three Heavy Bombers Would Have Led the Soviet Assault…
The Soviet bomber fleet grew to over 2,000 airframes, starting with piston-engine planes and then…
The S-3 Viking Jet Was the U.S. Navy’s Anti-Submarine…
The S-3’s relevance was greatly reduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union—whose submarines the…
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