Soviet Union
Putin plays nuclear poker with conventional cards
Eighty years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ushering in the…
In World War II, the Soviet Union Built a Flying Tank
Soviet aircraft designer Oleg Antonov completed this ambitious design in just a few months, with…
A Tank with a Jet Engine? The Soviet Union Tried It…
Throughout its brief but interesting life, the Progvev-T encountered numerous problems that…
Putin Honors Soviet Soldiers Buried in Alaska After…
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the graves of Soviet soldiers buried at Fort…
Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an…
It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141.…
East Germany’s Army Drew from the Wehrmacht—in Style,…
The core differences between the East German “National People’s Army” (NVA) and the Nazi German…
East Germany’s T-54/55 Medium Tank Was Ready for World…
Though spared from actual warfare, the tank’s role in deterrence and crisis response was crucial,…
The Soviet Union’s Yak-9K Fighter Was Too Powerful for…
The Yak-9K was essential for the Soviet Air Force’s mission to regain air superiority over the…
The Soviet Union’s Insane First Attempt at an Aircraft…
By envisioning a carrier with over 100 aircraft, the project aimed to enable the USSR to achieve…
America Had to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It is very easy to sit in the shade of the modern world—the world that the violent peace of 1945…
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