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Why Some Coast Guard Ships Had Missiles In The Cold War
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn't have the Navy's heavily armed warships, but during the Cold War some Coast Guard ships were ...
Officials to test water from Ohio village near Cold War-era weapons plant after newspaper probe
Authorities in Ohio plan to test the water supply across a small village near a former weapons plant after a newspaper ...
Chilling war games show Russian missiles overwhelming UK with Britain’s bases blown to bits and RAF fighter jets blitzed
RUSSIAN missiles overwhelmed Britain in a war game based on the war in Ukraine. Defence chiefs simulated the first night of ...
UK air defences 'not fit for purpose' as grim Russia war game exposes huge weaknesses
Britain's air defences are "not it for purpose" and ignore evolutions in warfare, experts warned last night. It follows the ...
How much of a threat are Chinese hypersonic missiles to US Navy ships and sailors?
China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense ...
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Cold War-era nuclear bunker in UK eyed by new crowdfunded NFT project
Built in 1960, the nuclear bunker was used as a monitoring post in the Cold War before being decommissioned in 1968.
History Today: How Cold War miscalculation unfolded when CIA-backed forces landed at Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...
Crimea Becomes New Flashpoint In Russia-Ukraine War: Why It Is Contested
Trump chided the Ukrainian leader for refusing to recognise Russia's occupation of Crimea as part of a U.S. peace deal to end ...
Cold War
Sixty years ago Westbury Beacon played a crucial role in Britain's Cold War defences. Father John Morrison took a stand against the UK government and its plan to fire missiles from South Uist. The ...