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In the 1960s, Russia Sold Titanium to the US for the Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane: The Cover Story Might Have Been Pizza Ovens
2+ week, 1+ day ago (624+ words) The SR-71 needed titanium and the USSR was the world's dominant supplier. The CIA built a network of shell companies and third-country intermediaries to buy it....
Burning Oil Flowed Through Russian Streets Like Lava From a Volcano After Ukraine’s Third Drone Strike on the Tuapse Refinery
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (670+ words) Ukraine's drone forces conducted a third strike in two weeks on Russia's Tuapse Refinery in Krasnodar Krai on April 28. Eyewitness video footage shows burning oil flowing through nearby Russian streets "like lava from a volcano." The Rosneft-owned facility produces 240,000 barrels…...
Scrapped in 6 Months: Russia Tried to Build a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Like the U.S. Navy's Nimitz and Ford-Class
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1140+ words) The Soviet Union was building a nuclear aircraft carrier designed to rival the American Nimitz-class — 80,000 tons, four nuclear reactors, steam catapults, a full air wing including AWACS aircraft. The USSR collapsed before it was finished, and within six months an…...
The U.S. Military's Secret Program That Had American Pilots Flying Russian MiG Fighters at Area 51 for a Decade
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1001+ words) British defense researcher Jack Buckby dives into one of the Cold War’s most fascinating secrets. Discover how the U.S. military acquired fully operational Soviet MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters, testing them in simulated combat out of Area 51 to completely rewrite American…...
A NATO Wargame in Estonia Let Ukrainian Drone Experts Play the Bad Guy and the Results Were Brutal
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (773+ words) Summary and Key Points: Hedgehog 2025 in Estonia put 16,000 troops from 12 NATO nations into a battlefield made transparent by drones. -A 10-person Ukrainian OPFOR team, using frontline tactics and the DELTA cloud battle-management system, simulated 17 armored vehicle kills and about 30 other…...
The U.S. Navy Can’t Ever Build New Stealth Seawolf-Class Submarines
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (580+ words) -The Seawolf-class was built to be the Navy’s next leap in undersea dominance: stronger HY-100 steel, extreme depth capability, a larger weapons load, and a design focused on hunting the most dangerous Soviet submarines. -The original plan envisioned a large…...