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SPETSNAZ: Russia’s Special Forces – Review by Phil Hodges

Spetsnaz. I’d heard of them but had no idea who they are or what they do and after reading this Osprey title on the subject…

The MiG 23 That Flew For 900km Without Pilot Then Crashed in A Farm Killing a Boy

Cold war is littered with near ‘nuclear apocalypse’ misses, technological and aviation advancement and a fair number of peculiar incidents. One such bizarre event occurred…

Tensions increase between Europe and Russia

Europe and Russia

Since the civil war in the Ukraine began 2014, tensions between the NATO countries and Russia have increased. Now, the United States, as part of the…

New exhibition celebrates Russian Tsar Bomba

Tsar Bomba

If used on Paris, the city would be wiped out [Via] Russia is to reveal a monument to its biggest nuclear weapons achievement in the…

8 Of The The Worst Idea’s for Atomic Weapons

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons are the most feared and revered weapons in history. Scientists have come up with many different ways to deliver them from the ridiculous…

Fire in the Sky: The 5 Greatest Air Battles in Military History

Air battles have become a necessity for modern warfare. Here are some of the most historic and memorable battles that have taken place in the air.…

Top Secret – Tito’s Nuclear Shelter – By Edin Hardauš

Yugoslavia was in a difficult situation at the end of WWII. The country was destroyed, devastated and robbed. Post-war reconstruction of the country implemented slowly…

Amazing Pictures Of The Royal International Air Tattoo – By Phil Royal

Vulcan XH558 banking As readers may be aware, the Vulcan to the Sky Trust have announced that this year will be the final flying season…

The Threat of Nuclear War

As Japan commemorates 70 years since the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear weapons is ever present. Since the…

Stalin academic, Robert Conquest, dies aged 98

Robert Conquest

British academic and historian, Robert Conquest, who uncovered the horrors in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union in the run up to and during World War…

Poland’s Vital Role During World War Two

Soldiers of 2nd Polish Corps in the battle of Monte Cassino Poland was the reason the world went to war with the Nazis, but it is…

Cold War Titan missile site opened to public

Cold War Titan missile

[Via] The history of the Cold War has come back to life at the Titan Missile Museum in southern Arizona. The Cold War Titan missile…