UNBELIEVABLE: 3 | History Defined

Russia’s nuclear strategy in Ukraine isn’t deterrence – it’s terror

For the third time in Russia’s war against Ukraine, it recently launched the nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik. This intermediate-range ballistic missile has been deployed against Ukrainian cities on two other notable occasions, striking Dnipro in November 2024 and Lviv in early 2026. In each of these launches, Vladimir Putin’s highly touted…

The Conversation · Jul 8

Red scare by the red: Trump and Republicans test anti-communist message for midterm elections

US President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his warnings about a communist takeover of the Democratic Party ahead of November's midterm elections, reviving Cold War-era rhetoric in a bid to radicalise his base and shift attention away from economic concerns.

The Times of India · Jul 8

“These are better sine waves. They just are”: We meet the people using test equipment to make music

Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab coat and find out how you can incorporate old gear into your own productions. Just beware of high voltage

MusicRadar · Jul 7

Christians claim US as their own again

The insistence that the U.S. is “one nation under God” stems from existential fear

Salon · Jun 29

The game formerly known as Operation Flashpoint is getting a remaster, while developer Bohemia Interactive has released its engine source code

Arma: Cold War Assault gets the GitHub treatment.

PC Gamer · Jun 27

2026 isn’t the first time Christians have tried to claim the United States as their own

Amid celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, assertions of the country’s religious, and specifically Christian, character have grown louder in political discourse.

The Conversation · Jun 26

Children born today could still see B-52 bombers in service when they’re 25; Boeing built the last one in Wichita in 1962, and Rolls-Royce is re-engining them

Prepare for a flying centenarian! The iconic Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, first deployed in 1955, is set to remain operational until the 2050s, potentially serving for a century. Thanks to extensive modernization, including new Rolls-Royce engines and advanced avionics, this Cold War relic is being transformed into the B-52J, a formidable…

The Times of India · Jun 22

In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaigns

In 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused the United States of dropping the insects from aircraft to destroy socialist food supplies. While farmers battled real crop damage, governments turned the infestation into a political…

The Economic Times · Jun 19

How a tiny potato beetle became a Cold War weapon: The bizarre story behind East Germany's 'American insect' campaign

In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the Colorado potato beetle, a small, striped insect native to North America that had been spreading steadily across Europe for decades. What happened next had nothing to do with agriculture and…

The Times of India · Jun 18

Jesus Was an Alien Hybrid? The Bizarre Flying Saucer Religions Surging in Popularity as UFOs Go Mainstream

As UFOs and UAPs go mainstream, from the Pentagon to the Vatican, fringe 'flying saucer' religions and alien hybrid myths are quietly reshaping debates about God, demons and life beyond Earth.

International Business Times UK · Jun 17