Giant vehicles were used to transport supplies to Camp Century, a U.S. military base in Greenland, shown in June 1959. (Pictorial Parade/Getty Images) As the threat of nuclear war loomed during the ...

The National Cold War Center has received a $1 million donation from Pattern Energy in support of the center’s capital ...

Key Points and Submarine - In 1968, the Soviet ballistic-missile submarine K-129 sank in the Pacific, prompting the CIA’s ultra-secret Project Azorian. -Using Howard Hughes’ purpose-built Glomar ...

During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...

As the threat of nuclear war loomed during the Cold War, the U.S. Army hatched a top secret plan to conceal hundreds of missile launchers on rail lines hidden beneath the thick ice sheets of Greenland ...

In case of a Soviet attack, nukes dispersed in thousands of miles of cut-and-cover tunnels could be launched within 20 minutes. The name for the effort was worthy of a Hollywood action movie: Project ...