Cold War
The Soviet Charlie-class Was Once the World’s Apex Submarine
The Charlie I-class submarines were intended for anti-surface ship warfare, primarily targeting U.S. carrier battle groups.
Black Cats: Taiwan’s Cold War U-2 Spy Pilots Risked Life and Limb
U-2 pilots conducted a total of 102 overflights of the People’s Republic of China from 1962 to 1968.
NR-1: This Tiny Vessel Ruthlessly Hunted Soviet Nuclear Submarines
Her slowness notwithstanding, one of the most remarkable features of NR-1 was her maneuverability.
More Firepower Than All the Bombs in WWII? The USS Ohio was Built For One Thing
The changes made to the Ohio will ensure the Cold War-era system can dominate in the twenty-first century’s dynamic threat environment.
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam.
How the U.S. Got Its Hands on the Mighty Soviet MiG-25
The Mig-25 Foxbat was designed to directly counter American aerial might.
The A-4 Skyhawk Is A Movie Star—And A Great Fighter Jet, Too
In Top Gun—undoubtedly the most culturally relevant military aviation film ever made—the A-4 pops up multiple times.
America’s Best Cold War Jets All Had One Design Feature
But the variable-sweep wing design seems to have gone out of fashion most recently.
A Nuclear-Powered Flying Aircraft Carrier? The U.S. Military Designed One
There was no way the Americans were ever going to seriously build this aircraft. But if they had...
Russia Receives New Shipment of Upgraded T-90 and T-72 Tanks
Yet this number does not come close to the estimated tank losses Moscow has sustained on the battlefield.
The PZL-230 Skorpion was the Soviet Response to the A-10 Warthog
It should come as no surprise that the Eastern Bloc powers came up with their own aerial counterparts to the A-10. Though the Republic Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II, far better known...
The U.S. Navy’s A4 Skyhawk Was the Stuff of Legend
The A-4 was meant to be small, yet it was required to pack a punch. In the 1950s, in the coldest days of the Cold War, the United States Navy...