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While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects was for a nuclear-armed, liquid-fueled development of the Sidewinder air-to-air missile.

Air

The Navy Nearly Built A Nuclear Armed “Super Sidewinder” Air-To-Air Missile The Navy Nearly Built A Nuclear Armed “Super Sidewinder” Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Submarine launches tomahawk cruise missile.

Sea

Pros And Cons Of The Navy’s Controversial Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Pros And Cons Of The Navy’s Controversial Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

Recreation of early nuclear age plutonium pit

First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon-Ready” First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon-Ready”

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

ERCS doomsday satellite of the Cold War

America’s Cold War Doomsday Satellite America’s Cold War Doomsday Satellite

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Range Rover, previously used by the Ministry of Defense's Special Operations Group, sold at auction

Land

Armored Range Rovers With Nuclear Past Just Auctioned Off Armored Range Rovers With Nuclear Past Just Auctioned Off

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 31, 2023

Mosquito BOAC WWII nuclear

Air

The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner

By Rowland White

Posted on Oct 13, 2023

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM

News & Features

Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 9, 2023

Operation Teapot MET explosion

Why Vertical Smoke Trails Are Seen During Nuclear Explosions Why Vertical Smoke Trails Are Seen During Nuclear Explosions

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 12, 2023

Von Braun V-2 rocket NASA

News & Features

The Complicated Legacy Of The V-2 Rocket And Its Designer The Complicated Legacy Of The V-2 Rocket And Its Designer

By Dr. Charlie Hall

Posted on Apr 12, 2023

Atomic blast mushroom cloud, 1945

News & Features

Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 28, 2023

Russian Salvo Submarine Missile

News & Features

Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon

By Matus Smutny

Updated on Jan 31, 2023

Nuclear Weapon Tactical

News & Features

Just How Radioactive Are Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons? Just How Radioactive Are Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons?

By James Ragland, Adam Lowther, James Petrosky, Robyn Hutchins

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

The Battle of Messines

News & Features

This Was The Biggest Planned Explosion In Warfare Before Hiroshima This Was The Biggest Planned Explosion In Warfare Before Hiroshima

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 10, 2022

V-2 white sands

News & Features

The V-2 Rocket: Rise Of The Space Race And Cold War Missiles The V-2 Rocket: Rise Of The Space Race And Cold War Missiles

By Dr. Charlie Hall

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

News & Features

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2021