In the late Cold War, the Soviet Union explored a bold new idea: a lighter, more deployable version of its powerful Motor ...

The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its allies, and the Soviet Union. A major faction was the Afghan Mujahideen - ...

The buildup of US naval forces in the Caribbean, boosted by the recent arrival near Latin America of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, has raised speculation that both the United States and ...

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs - Explore how major events between 23 and 29 March were captured ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and anti-satellite (ASAT) warfare. The MiG-105 “Spiral” was a product of the height ...

The terms "nuclear explosions" and "peace" don't exactly sound alike. Yet, that's exactly what transpired merely a few decades ago, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear weapons to extinguish oil ...

How Venezuela’s aging Soviet-era military stacks up against US forces in the Caribbean (CNN) — The buildup of US naval forces in the Caribbean, boosted by the recent arrival near Latin America of the ...