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14 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
Sometimes, technology goes obsolete quickly. The Convair B-58 Hustler was a Mach 2-capable supersonic bomber that would see just ten years in service before being retired after its high-speed bombing role would be made redundant. While this can be an...
13 Feb 2026 4 minute read 4 comments Investigator515
The sixties were apparently a crazy time. Aviation would go through rapid iterations and changes, while overall, big money would be thrown at Cold War projects in what was seen to be a race for survival. One of the biggest beneficiaries of said money...
20 Dec 2025 5 minute read 1 comment Investigator515
Operation Gold is the perfect real-world example of staying quiet to protect sources. Often, espionage can be analogised to a game of chess. There are typically many pieces on the board, and strategy, not force, will dictate how well you play the gam...
5 Nov 2025 6 minute read 2 comments Investigator515
We live in an age of information, and as such, we have the world at our fingertips. The evolution of the smartphone has meant that knowledge on pretty much any niche or obscure topics is more often than not easily available. However, this wasn’t alwa...
27 Oct 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
It’s fair to say that while submarines were a key part of WW2, they really didn’t reach their full utility until the early days of the Cold War. While the diesel engine would go through several iterations to help improve its utility as a sub-surface...
12 Oct 2025 6 minute read 3 comments Investigator515
When we think of spies and spying, we often get visions of covert figures hiding in the shadows, as well as all manner of gadgets that aim to assist in the art of gathering intelligence. But, as we’ve seen over the series, spies aren’t just people. T...
5 Oct 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
SOSUS would help give the US a technical edge during the Cold War. As the Cold War unravelled, we would see all manner of weapons systems theorised, conceptualised, and brought to life. In a matter of years, weapons technology would be supercharged,...
8 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Tšuhna
(short 'half update', got hit by inspiration & then it went away just as quickly, better post what I have before I forget the story for another year) (Part 1) (Part 2) As the song ends, one of the cadets comments on the melancholy that had descended...
29 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments jday1235
Vasily Arkhipov was born on the 30th of January, 1926, just outside of Moscow. After attending a couple of naval schools and serving in the Soviet-Japanese war in 1945, he graduated two years later in 1947. Quickly becoming a member of the Soviet nav...
11 Nov 2020 6 minute read 0 comments Lawa
Part 1 Continues.......... Second phase (1949-1953) • First atom bomb test by Soviet Union (1949) • ANZUS TREATY (1951) Treaty between three countries United States, Australia and New Zealand to form a military cooperation and to support each o...
