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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
Article Summary – In May 1989, Soviet MiG-29 pilot Aleksandr Zuyev pulled off one of the Cold War’s most daring defections. -Disillusioned with the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1975 mutiny that inspired The Hunt for Red October had a radically different motive than the fiction it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers are the definition of a prestige program: spectacular, singular, and strategically unwise. –Admiral Nakhimov spent roughly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on MiG-23 – The MiG-23 “Flogger” was the Soviet Union’s ambitious attempt to counter Western air power with a versatile,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on MiG-29 Fighter – The MiG-29 Fulcrum was the Soviet Union’s answer to a new generation of American fighters, designed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s Typhoon class nuclear-armed submarines may not serve anymore, but they are referred to as one of the most “feared” weapons during the Cold...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Point and Summary: The Typhoon-class submarines were the largest ever built, designed to rival America’s Ohio-class SSBNs during the Cold War. -These 48,000-ton...