Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The United States sourced titanium for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft from the Soviet Union via CIA front companies. The U.S. built the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is reviving the concept of a nuclear-powered surface combatant outside aircraft carriers for the future Trump-class battleship program — the first...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The MiG-25 Foxbat was a supersonic interceptor built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. This aircraft was designed to protect Soviet airspace from...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet K-219 nuclear ballistic missile submarine sank in the North Atlantic off the coast of Bermuda in October 1986. The Yankee-class submarine rests...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built 6 Typhoon-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines during the Cold War. The Typhoon-class was the largest nuclear submarine ever built. Each...
Dollars and Sense
The Soviet Union built the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport to compete with the Anglo-French Concorde. The aircraft was nicknamed “Concordski” in the West. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev defected to NATO by stealing a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet. Zuyev was an elite...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union began construction on the Project 1143.7 Ulyanovsk in late 1988. The Ulyanovsk was designed to be a nuclear-powered supercarrier matching the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built the MiG-25 Foxbat to counter U.S. bombers and the SR-71 Blackbird. On paper, it could reach Mach 3.2. The realistic...