Tag: Soviet Union

A Look Back at the AGM-69A Short-Range Attack Missile

Originally designed by Boeing to neutralize SAM threats and improve the survivability…

A Brief History of the DEFCON System

Created during the Cold War as a system of progressive levels of…

The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten,…

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser…

The Soviet Union’s First Jet Bomber: The Ilyushin Il-28 ‘Beagle’

Making a flyover appearance at the 1950 Soviet May Day parade, the…