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Forty years ago tomorrow, on March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev ascended to lead the Soviet Union, beginning a five-and-a-half-year tenure that would transform his...
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Forty years ago tomorrow, on March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev ascended to lead the Soviet Union, beginning a five-and-a-half-year tenure that would transform his...
Article Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was a revolutionary Cold War-era aircraft, renowned for its speed, payload capacity, and adaptability. Featuring the...
Russian tank design, whether under the Soviet regime or Putin’s control, has had its peaks and valleys. While occasionally producing game-changing tanks like the...
Key Points and Summary: The Soviet T-34 is often credited with winning World War II, yet it was far from the best tank of...
The term “Solarium Project” has been used so frequently in recent years that its original purpose and power have been diluted. Today, it’s often...
Key Points and Summary: The Soviet Union’s Kiev-class aircraft carriers, built in the 1970s, were ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful. They were designed to attack...
Key Points and Summary: Russia’s Alfa-Class submarines (Project 705 Lira) exemplified the Soviet Union’s push to achieve an undersea technological edge, featuring unprecedented materials...
Nicknamed the “Communist Concordski,” the Tupolev-144 actually flew before the Concorde. Like its Western counterpart, the Tupolev’s time in the skies was brief.
China is facing a storm of challenges that could bring down its mighty empire in a decade, according to geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan.
A newly independent government in Kyiv was set to become the custodian of more nuclear weapons than those of China, the United Kingdom, and...