The investment in Biopreparat reflected a Soviet calculus that biological agents could provide asymmetrical leverage against the West. In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a ...
Following the horrifying nuclear detonations over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union initially lagged in the atomic arms race. However, thanks to successful, dedicated espionage activities, the ...
Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. […] ...
Tsar Bomba was a three-stage device, involving the fusion of hydrogen isotopes. A modified Tu-95 bomber codenamed “Bear” dropped it from the air. On the day the iconic bomb was dropped, Soviet Air ...
April 1979: A cloud of death floats silently through Sverdlovsk. The Soviet Union claimed nothing was wrong—but hundreds were exposed to weaponized anthrax. This is the terrifying true story of a bio ...
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Former Soviet Union weapons scientists may help Yellowstone National Park biologists develop a brucellosis vaccine for bison. A group of Russian and Ukrainian scientists spent ...
Russia and Ukraine have expanded their use of TM-62 anti-tank landmines, adapting them into drone-dropped munitions and improvised assault charges across the battlefield.
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