Dick Carlson, who led Voice of America at Cold War’s end, dies at 84
Mr. Carlson, father of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, defended the VOA in the years before President Trump’s order ...
Oleg Gordievsky, famed Cold War spy and KGB defector, dead at 86
Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB officer who spied for the West during the height of the Cold War, has died in England at ...
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‘Connected to another world’: What Voice of America meant to Russians in Cold War
Voice of America was rejected by the Soviets and Vladimir Putin. But some in Moscow wax nostalgic about what the state-funded ...
Cold War redux in more ways than one: Russia and the U.S. look to thaw relations in the hockey rink
Russian President Vladimir Putin revived the Cold War tradition of taking geopolitics onto the ice, suggesting in a call to ...
Cold War relics: Why US Air Force wants its 1970s-era missiles until 2050
The previous strategy included keeping the Boeing-made 400 Minuteman III ICBMs in silos until 2039 and gradually replace them ...
How the UK compares to one of the world’s most prepped countries for war
There are a few areas in the UK that have large concentrations of shelters – 46 are in London, with other large metropolitan ...
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If World War III broke out, the US would be on its heels
"We've got an incredible military … but do we have the resilience to really kind of stick it out in a major battle?" asked ...
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
LONDON — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died. He was 86. Gordievsky died March 4 in England, where ...
Sweden plans largest military buildup since the Cold War amid Russia threat and uncertain US-EU ties
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden's prime minister said Wednesday his government aims to ramp up defense spending to a target ...
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Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
He worked for British intelligence for more than a decade during the chilliest years of the Cold War. In 1983, Gordievsky warned the U.K. and U.S. that the Soviet leadership was so worried about a ...
War Machines or Instruments of Peace?
There are now drones that mine (and demine), and drones that accelerate in the air to intercept and kill incoming drones in a ...
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The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
During the Cold War, the US poured support into Arctic military outposts and climate research amid fears of a Russian ...