Cold War

Workers install Harvest (IBM 7950) at the NSA's headquarters. The two consoles configured settings on both Stretch, the system's general-purpose mainframe, and Harvest's streaming coprocessor, designed for high-speed analysis of intercepts, ciphers, and codes. At the height of the Cold War, one very specialized computer was so secret that the…

Rocks vs. Chips When monsters square off, they are quick to showcase their asymmetrical superpowers. Take Godzilla, for instance. Thanks to U.S. atomic testing in the Pacific, the dinosaur-like sea creature has explosive, radioactive breath that can destroy everything in its path. His archenemy Rodan, meanwhile, is a pterodactyl-like bird…

When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job. Bomb disposal teams had to work alongside firefighters because the forest floor is contaminated with Cold War-era munitions. Crews could not approach parts of the blaze directly for fear…

What would happen if the whole world, 7 billion people, learned all at once that they are not alone in the universe? That’s the premise of Steven Spielberg’s recent movie Disclosure Day. Two factions with different answers to this question battle it out across multiple chase scenes in cars, trains,…

Europe spent three decades behaving as if major war on the continent was increasingly unlikely. The peace dividend allowed governments to redeploy money from tanks to welfare systems, while defence industries learned to live with lower volumes and slower procurement cycles. Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine have dismantled that…

Apple TV Apple TV has premiered the official trailer for “Mayday,” the upcoming action buddy comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy ‘Assassin’ Kelly (Branagh) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation…

Synopsis A three-decade-old family pact dividing the Vadilal ice cream brand is now a legal battleground. The Mumbai branch has sued the Ahmedabad branch in Bombay High Court, seeking to prevent interference with its ice cream and juice business. Allegations of sabotage and failed buyout attempts fuel the dispute, with…

How It Will Affect 2027 Elections Have you noticed that there is a cold war albeit tacitly between the Yorubas and Igbo people? This cold war has been ongoing for a long time, but it is now escalating between the two tribes with the 2027 general elections heating up. The…

The Cold War was fought with armies, missiles, and political influence, but some of its most important battles took place in secret. Across Europe, North America, and the Soviet Bloc, intelligence agencies waged a shadow war that lasted for decades. Operatives infiltrated governments, military programs, and diplomatic circles, often working…

A new biography from one of his students examines Richard Pipes, the historian and Cold Warrior. The post The Russianist appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More