KAL 902 is Down: When the Soviets Attacked an Airliner
In a controversial Cold War incident, a Korean Air Lines 707 was downed by a missile from a Soviet fighter, killing two passengers and touching off a diplomatic firestorm.
Hard Truth About Disarmament: Diplomacy Means Diddly
Iran will build a bomb when it's ready, despite treaty restrictions
Book Review: Undersea Warriors
Iain Ballantyne relates the exploits of British intelligence and ballistic missile submariners during the Cold War
This Week in History—October 23-31—Nuclear Crisis in Cuba 1962
The U.S. launches into a nuclear standoff with the USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Vought F4U-7 Corsair
The carrier-operable Corsair came to dominate the Pacific skies during World War II.
Thunder in the Cinema: Hollywood’s Jet Age Movies
Hollywood’s fictional U.S. Air Force films often diverged from reality, but most are worth watching if only for the aerial sequences featuring rare jet aircraft
IS-2 Heavy Tank
The Russian IS-2 proved superior to the German Panther medium tank and able to hold its own against the Tiger I and II heavies
This Week in History – Fidel Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
In 1953, an armed revolt led by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies replaced Cuba's military dictatorship with a Communist one
Online Exclusive: Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Bully Joe McCarthy
Dignified and diminutive Maine Republican disliked communism—but liked 'Tail Gunner Joe's' way of fighting it even less
VIDEO: Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
On July 26, 1953, revolutionaries Fidel and Raul Castro stage a bloody coup against their government that leads to the establishment of communism in Cuba
Howls of ‘Socialism!’ Killed Truman Health Insurance
Republicans and medical industry groups used Red Scare tactics to defeat early version of Medicare-for-All
