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Watch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target Drones
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Reagan Invited Thatcher To Join The Top Secret F-117 Program
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Nuclear-Capable 1950s Missile Once Delivered the U.S. Mail
By Chris Cantle / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Russia’s Carrier Was Designed To Be Heavily Armed Even Without Its Air Wing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 17, 2020
RAF Bentwaters Has This Bizarre-Looking Cold War Bunker Called The Star Wars Building
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 11, 2020
This Is The World’s Fastest Production Submarine’s Crazy Molten Metal Cooled Reactor
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 19, 2020
This Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just Bonkers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2020
This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 29, 2020
Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 15, 2019
This Massive Naval Exercise In 1989 Was The Pinnacle Of U.S. Cold War Maritime Might
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
George Bush Saved The CIA
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
B-52s Would Have Nuked Their Way Through Soviet Air Defenses With These Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
The Futuristic Cold War Era SAGE Air Defense Bunkers Looked Right Out Of A Kubrick Film
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
The Time Air Force One Took Evasive Maneuvers To Defend Itself Against Syrian MiGs
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
A-4 Skyhawks Had These Crazy Thermal Shields To Protect Pilots From Nuclear Blasts
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
Coast Guard Cutters Once Carried Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles And They Could Again
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
The French Navy Is Finally Retiring These Antique Helicopters After 55 Years of Service
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
This In-Depth Interview With Chuck Yeager Is An Absolute Must Watch
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 5, 2019
Bizarre Chase Through High Security Nevada Nuclear Test Site Ends In Deadly Shooting
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 29, 2019
The Talos Missile Had A Wonderfully Complex Shipboard Assembly Line Of A Launch System
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 2, 2018
GE Really Wants To Sell You A 30mm Cannon Pod In this Classic Marketing Reel
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 16, 2018
The First Giant Mecha Robot Fight Was Lame, But This Real Cold War Era Mecha Wasn’t
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 19, 2017
This Is What USAF Bomber Pilots Would Wear During a Nuclear Apocalypse
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 28, 2017
Russia Breaks Arms Control Treaty By Deploying Land-Based Cruise Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 14, 2017