But, day to day, it is highly important because we can assume the role of a primary command center ... way a president during the Cold War might survive a nuclear explosion.

Initially constructed as a defense against Soviet threats during the Cold War, the Barnton Nuclear Bunker, located near Edinburgh, was created in 1944 though it remained secret until 1955.

Nuclear armament of the U.S. and the USSR in the 1940s; establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; the Space Race; the Cuban Missile Crisis; glasnost and perestroika in the USSR; the fall of the ...

A rare armored personnel carrier from Russia, dating back to the Cold War era ... was also meant to act as a command and control center in case of an actual nuclear or chemical attack.

Strategic Air Command was initially against ordering the B-58 for service, not only because of its complexity but also since they saw no advantage of a Mach 2 bomber over other types. In spite of ...

Nixon and Brezhnev, National Archives Mutually Assured Destruction The key weapon of the Cold War, the nuclear bomb, was never used during that conflict, but the possibility of its use cast a long ...

It’s a new day in Europe. Gone are the halcyon years of unshakeable American commitment to Europe’s defense against Russia.