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Unveiling the Su-57: Russia’s ‘not-quite-fifth’ generation fighter and its performance shortcomings
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoA Su-57 multi-role fighter jet was struck at the Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast on...
This TV movie from the 1980s helped change the course of the Cold War. Here’s how ‘The Day After’...
CNN via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe four-part series is airing Sundays at 10 pm ET/PT on CNN. In November 1983, the US, Soviet Union...
Russia appears to make headway in key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar
Reuters via AOL· 6 hours agoRussian forces appear to be making headway towards their longstanding goal of capturing the...
The Forgotten World War III Scare of 1980
Foreign Policy Magazine· 15 hours agoOn Sept. 2, 1980, a U.S. government Special Coordination Committee met to try to determine how to deter a large-scale Soviet invasion of Iran. The...
How an American Dream of Housing Became a Reality in Sweden
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoStart today. But the way homes are built in the United States makes speed impossible. Years ago,...
The hot-dog seller who became a crazed warlord – and nearly overthrew Putin
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOne day in 1990, a bullnecked ex-con stepped out of Russia’s prison colony AN-24/34, wearing a dated...
JFK’s unfinished legacy of peacemaking, a dream during the Cold War
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago“Let us begin anew … remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and...
Can American civilians buy Soviet-era combat aircraft?
Newsweek· 4 days agoIn April, the U.S. purchased a number of Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, according to a...
Why Russia Is Happy at War
The Atlantic· 14 hours agoOn June 12, Russia celebrates its Independence Day. The commemoration was instituted by President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 to a collective shrug—“Who did...
Fact Check: Robert Kraft Claims Vladimir Putin Stole His Super Bowl Ring. Here's What We Know
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThree KGB guys got around him and they walked out. The White House got on the phone with him and...