WITH nowhere to hide, Britain would have just minutes to prepare for the total devastation of a cataclysmic nuclear strike.
In April 1977, the Soviet Northern Fleet launched a massive naval drill—a full display of Cold War might—but they were being ...
When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire. Physicist Enrico Fermi ...
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...
The Cold War haunted many of us when we were young, whispering always about the possibility of nuclear exchange, sometimes, as in the Cuban Missile Crisis, shouting about it, and reminding us of ...
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday said that there was no Cold War with the West because it was now a "fiery" conflict, and that the European Union and the NATO military alliance were lying ...
An MH-60R Sea Hawk Helicopter assigned to the “Scorpions” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 hovers aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) in ...
While 1991 is often given as the end of the Cold War, the truth is that the Cold War never ended; it just paused before resuming again. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Ro Reddick’s music-infused comedy, set during the Cold War, finishes this year’s edition of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival on a ...
An end to which Cold War? / Walter LaFeber -- The Cold War, the long peace, and the future / John Lewis Gaddis -- Quiet cataclysm : some afterthoughts on World War III / John Mueller -- Some lessons ...