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A Spy Satellite You’ve Never Heard of Helped Win the Cold War

In the early 1970s, the Cold War had reached a particularly frigid moment, and U.S. military and intelligence officials had a ...
The New York Times

In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War

Strings of radars stretching across Canada were built to give early warnings of Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic. The region now faces a new era of militarization. Strings of radars stretching ...
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Keith Mossman, RAF Cold War Warrior whose signal stations helped intercept Soviet bombers – obituary

Group Captain Keith Mossman, who has died aged 96, served in a wide variety of air defence posts as a pilot, controller, and commander at the height of the Cold War. The son of a First World War ...