Russian and British naval forces raced to find a downed jet with top secret tech
The crash of a Royal Navy F-35B Lighting II sparked a race to find the jet’s remnants in November 2021. In the aftermath of the crash, the United Kingdom’s Navy…
TOPHAT was the USA’s highest-ranking mole inside Soviet Intelligence
Sometime in the late 1950s, a top officer inside the Soviet Union’s military intelligence agency found himself disgusted with the way the leadership of the USSR conducted themselves. The Soviet…
This Russian missile could be the last thing you ever see
While Russia likes to point to the “successes” of its state re-armament program, the fact is that many of the weapons have fallen well short of their touted potential. The T-14 is underfunded and probably overhyped. The Su-57 can’t be stealthy an…
Why this Russian helicopter is often the top ranked in the world
Best attack helicopter in the world? America built the first dedicated attack helicopter, the AH-1, and variants of it are still flying. So maybe that one? Or perhaps the MH-47s from Vietnam, highly modified cargo helicopters loaded with guns? Or Am…
Green Berets and foreign weapons… Like kids in a candy store
One of the perks of having a career in Special Operations units was the chance to be trained…
Russian military’s cathedral consecrated without mosaic featuring Putin
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has consecrated the main cathedral dedicated to the armed forces, built to mark Victory Day in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
Religious leaders, Defense Minister Serg…
US pilots’ close calls with Russian aircraft are likely to continue, experts say
How the Navy helped make ‘Hunter Killer’
The submarine thriller “Hunter Killer” (out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital) had a long and complicated journey from book to screen.
Based on the novel “Firing Point…
Why Russia and Japan still haven’t signed a WW2 peace treaty
When Japanese President Shinzo Abe addressed a packed audience at the Eastern Economic Forum in September 2018, held in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok, he had a direct message for his host.
He appealed to Vladimir Putin, like he does…
The man who set himself on fire to stop Russian tanks
In 1969, during the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, a student protester set himself on fire and triggered mass protests across the country, slowing Russian consolidation and setting off a slow burn that would eventually consume the occupying fo…