This documentary reveals the secret Cold War weapons built to stop a Soviet breakthrough and the political panic behind them.

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'We the People' series looks at one of the most influential aircraft of the 20th century on display in Kansas ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a strike – ...

The Cold War was more than missiles, spy planes, and tense TV speeches. It also led to shocking government experiments ...

The Cold War was unlike any rivalry in modern history. The United States and Soviet Union faced each other across political, military, technological, and ideological battlefields while possessing ...

Artillery has been called "the god of war" for good reason. From the thunder of cannons in the Great War to the deep, rolling booms of Cold War behemoths, these weapons have shaped history one ...

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield. But some of these innovations proved so destructive or ...