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M55 Spy Plane may be headed for Ukraine war operations
Cold War

Soviet-Era M-55 Spy Plane May Be Headed To Support The War In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 21, 2023

An Su-27UB Flanker-C sits in the hangar of the Cold War Gallery, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Cold War

Su-27 Absolutely Dwarfs All Jets Around It At Its New Home

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 26, 2023

F-5 light fighters fly in formation
Cold War

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 18, 2023

Yellow Submarine discotech
Cold War

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 5, 2023

ERCS ICBM
Cold War

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Douglas Skypirate
Cold War

The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jul 31, 2023

SEA VAMPIRE RUBBER DECK
Cold War

Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 7, 2023

Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM
Cold War

Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 9, 2023

Mk 48 Frigate
Cold War

Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

By Kevin Noonan

Posted on Jun 6, 2023

Operation Teapot MET explosion
Cold War

Why Vertical Smoke Trails Are Seen During Nuclear Explosions

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 12, 2023

USS X-1 pictured during trials
Cold War

The Navy Procured This Midget Submarine For Coastal Defense During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

Von Braun V-2 rocket NASA
Cold War

The Complicated Legacy Of The V-2 Rocket And Its Designer

By Dr. Charlie Hall

Posted on Apr 12, 2023

Torpedo Launcher German Ship
Cold War

This German Cruiser With A Crazy Past Had These Even Wackier Torpedo Launchers

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

AN-S1 medium-altitude balloon
Cold War

Russia Also Has A Fleet Of Spy Balloons

By Piotr Butowski

Updated on Feb 13, 2023

M-17 Mystic
Cold War

The Soviets Built Bespoke Balloon-Killer Planes During The Cold War

By Piotr Butowski

Posted on Feb 7, 2023

Russian Salvo Submarine Missile
Cold War

Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon

By Matus Smutny

Updated on Jan 31, 2023

F9F Mig15 Royce Williams
Cold War

Navy Pilot Who Secretly Killed Four MiGs On One Mission Finally Recognized

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 24, 2023

Swiftsure
Cold War

How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier

By Matus Smutny

Posted on Jan 11, 2023

B-2 GPS Guided Munition
Cold War

The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

V-2 white sands
Cold War

The V-2 Rocket: Rise Of The Space Race And Cold War Missiles

By Dr. Charlie Hall

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2
Cold War

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life
Cold War

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 31, 2022

Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k
Cold War

Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Feb 1, 2022

Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)
Cold War

Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 28, 2022

The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase
Cold War

The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 6, 2022

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch
Cold War

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity
Cold War

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2021

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War
Cold War

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

By Juan Rivera

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104
Cold War

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 8, 2021

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today
Cold War

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 16, 2021

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers
Cold War

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2021

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher
Cold War

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2021

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000
Cold War

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 13, 2021

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils
Cold War

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 12, 2021

A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped
Cold War

A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 11, 2021

The Hunt For A Soviet Submarine Desperately Trying To Sneak Through The Strait Of Gibraltar
Cold War

The Hunt For A Soviet Submarine Desperately Trying To Sneak Through The Strait Of Gibraltar

By Juan Rivera

Updated on Apr 23, 2021

Articulated Gun Pods Allowed Soviet Aircraft To Fire Backwards, Downwards, And Even Sideways
Cold War

Articulated Gun Pods Allowed Soviet Aircraft To Fire Backwards, Downwards, And Even Sideways

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 12, 2021

Canada’s CF-105 Arrow Interceptor Is The Cold War Legend That Refuses To Die
Cold War

Canada’s CF-105 Arrow Interceptor Is The Cold War Legend That Refuses To Die

By Stephen Walker

Posted on Mar 25, 2021

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone
Cold War

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 10, 2021

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War
Cold War

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 18, 2021

Here’s Our Best Look Yet At Russia’s Secretive Space Cannon, The Only Gun Ever Fired In Space
Cold War

Here’s Our Best Look Yet At Russia’s Secretive Space Cannon, The Only Gun Ever Fired In Space

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 16, 2021

Take A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Doomsday Ballistic Missile Warning System
Cold War

Take A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Doomsday Ballistic Missile Warning System

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 16, 2021

The Oddly Shaped USS Grayback Was A Cold War Submarine Like No Other
Cold War

The Oddly Shaped USS Grayback Was A Cold War Submarine Like No Other

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 14, 2021

The Story Of The Jet That Would Have Delivered South Africa’s Nuclear Bomb
Cold War

The Story Of The Jet That Would Have Delivered South Africa’s Nuclear Bomb

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 18, 2021

Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Nest At Dawn
Cold War

Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Nest At Dawn

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 2, 2021

Reflections And Wisdom From A Cold War Submarine Hunter
Cold War

Reflections And Wisdom From A Cold War Submarine Hunter

By Kevin Noonan and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2020

Fighting World War Three In A Fjord And Chasing Soviet Submarines In The S-3 Viking
Cold War

Fighting World War Three In A Fjord And Chasing Soviet Submarines In The S-3 Viking

By Kevin Noonan and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2020

Confessions Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman During The Twilight Of The Cold War
Cold War

Confessions Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman During The Twilight Of The Cold War

By Kevin Noonan and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2020

The Making Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman
Cold War

The Making Of A Submarine Hunting S-3 Viking Crewman

By Kevin Noonan and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2020

Britain’s Shackleton Radar Plane Was Born As An Already Antiquated Cold War Dinosaur
Cold War

Britain’s Shackleton Radar Plane Was Born As An Already Antiquated Cold War Dinosaur

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 24, 2020

Chasing Soviet Missiles In The Cobra Ball From A Desolate Rock In The Aleutian Islands
Cold War

Chasing Soviet Missiles In The Cobra Ball From A Desolate Rock In The Aleutian Islands

By Robert Hopkins

Updated on Dec 16, 2020

The Soviet Union’s Burya Cruise Missile Was A Little-Known Cold War Monster
Cold War

The Soviet Union’s Burya Cruise Missile Was A Little-Known Cold War Monster

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 16, 2020

This Was The Largest Conventional Explosion America Ever Set Off
Cold War

This Was The Largest Conventional Explosion America Ever Set Off

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever
Cold War

Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever

By Robert Hopkins

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Russia Releases “Tsar Bomba” Test Footage Of The Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Blast Ever
Cold War

Russia Releases “Tsar Bomba” Test Footage Of The Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Blast Ever

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base
Cold War

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity
Cold War

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Yes, The United States Did Draw Up A Plan To Drop 80 Nuclear Weapons On North Korea
Cold War

Yes, The United States Did Draw Up A Plan To Drop 80 Nuclear Weapons On North Korea

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Day The Royal Air Force Lost Six Jet Fighters In Just 45 Minutes
Cold War

The Day The Royal Air Force Lost Six Jet Fighters In Just 45 Minutes

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Britain’s Cold War-Era Monster Destroyer Has Finally Been Retired
Cold War

Britain’s Cold War-Era Monster Destroyer Has Finally Been Retired

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The TOZ-81 ‘Mars’ Gun Was The Soviet Union’s Ultimate Space Revolver
Cold War

The TOZ-81 ‘Mars’ Gun Was The Soviet Union’s Ultimate Space Revolver

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Russia Still Uses This Cold War Relic Of An Underground Anti-Ship Missile System In Crimea
Cold War

Russia Still Uses This Cold War Relic Of An Underground Anti-Ship Missile System In Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents
Cold War

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

This Soviet Twin-Rotor Helicopter Design Was A High-Speed Rival To The Mi-24 Hind
Cold War

This Soviet Twin-Rotor Helicopter Design Was A High-Speed Rival To The Mi-24 Hind

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 25, 2020