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Why one American expert would be happy to see fewer US military bases in Europe

As Washington begins its review of the United States' military presence in Europe – confirmed this week by Under Secretary of War, Elbridge Colby – few observers welcome the prospect more than David Vine, a long-time critic of the sprawling network of American overseas bases.

Radio France Internationale

In 1958, the US planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon. Why project A119 never happened

The US considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon after Sputnik's launch. Project A119 aimed to demonstrate American power and prestige to the Soviet Union. Physicist Leonard Reiffel led the study, with Carl Sagan modeling the detonation's effects. The plan was scrapped due to risks and a shift towards…

The Economic Times

China quietly shifts the rules for NZ as a New Cold War looms

From Otago University - Comment: Beijing is changing the terms of its relationship with Wellington as US-China strategic rivalry deepens, writes Nicholas Khoo.

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Declassified Project Moondust Files Spark Claims US Secretly Recovered UFO Debris During Cold War

Newly declassified Cold War documents suggest US government efforts to recover UFO debris through Project Moondust and Operation Bluefly, reigniting debates about secret extraterrestrial programmes.

International Business Times UK

Quote of the day by Henry Kissinger: 'Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself' and a remarkable career advice

Henry Kissinger was one of the most powerful and widely discussed political figures of the 20th century. Serving as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, he shaped global foreign policy during the Cold War. Kissinger was famous for realpolitik, which…

The Times of India

Professor 'worried' after quote in 'AI' US government report 'justifying Cuba siege'

AN academic has revealed how he was “worried” after learning that he was cited in an official US State Department report which is seen as…

The National (Scotland)

State Department Report Details Decades of Alleged Cuban Support for Spy Rings and Far-Left Extremist Groups

The document concludes that Cuba's influence has outlasted the Cold War through networks of activists, political organizations and international partnerships

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Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to plummet by nearly as much by 2040, a new study finds.

Space

Faslane set for £15bn upgrade to make it ‘future-proofed for war-fighting’

Defence minister Luke Pollard has announced ‘the largest investment in the UK’s naval bases since the end of the Cold War’.

Evening Standard

Ryan Reynolds’ Mayday Trailer Is Top Gun Meets Misery, And I Can’t Look Away

The good news is I'm pretty sure there's not a sledgehammer scene.

Cinemablend

Vikram Sarabhai's Work Ethic: Five Habits for Building Something From Nothing, India's Greatest Lesson

He Started in a Church With a Bicycle PumpIn 1963, India's first rocket was transported to its launch site on a bicycle and a bullock cart. The nose cone was carried on a cyclist's head. The launch pad was a church in Thumba, a fishing village on Kerala's coast, because…

Times Life

Why PM Modi Praised Nehru in Indonesia Surprised Everyone

Political speeches often focus on the present, but sometimes a single reference to the past reveals a story that many people have forgotten. During his address to Indonesia's Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised many by praising India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and remembering a daring rescue mission led…

MyLifeXP

Russia’s nuclear strategy in Ukraine isn’t deterrence – it’s terror

For the third time in Russia’s war against Ukraine, it recently launched the nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik. This intermediate-range ballistic missile has been deployed against Ukrainian cities on two other notable occasions, striking Dnipro in November 2024 and Lviv in early 2026. In each of these launches, Vladimir Putin’s highly touted…

The Conversation

Red scare by the red: Trump and Republicans test anti-communist message for midterm elections

US President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his warnings about a communist takeover of the Democratic Party ahead of November's midterm elections, reviving Cold War-era rhetoric in a bid to radicalise his base and shift attention away from economic concerns.

The Times of India

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MusicRadar

“These are better sine waves. They just are”: We meet the people using test equipment to make music

Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab coat and find out how you can incorporate old gear into your own productions. Just beware of high voltage

France 24

Trump casts Democrats as red 'menace' with McCarthyist rhetoric ahead of US midterms

The US midterm election campaign is gaining momentum, and US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War era rhetoric to peg the Democratic Party as extremists and a red "menace".

The National (Scotland)

The butcher who brought his haggis to Cold War Moscow

WHY would a butcher from Kirkcaldy hand-deliver his haggis to the Soviet Union in the middle of the Cold War?

Evening Standard

Cold War in south London over chunk of Berlin Wall in man's garden

One neighbour, 18, said: ‘From a historical point of view, I think it’s bloody sick – I really like it’

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The Independent UK

The rise and fall of America’s all-you-can-eat buffet

At least three Vegas legends claimed to have invented the all-you-can-eat buffet

Salon

Christians claim US as their own again

The insistence that the U.S. is “one nation under God” stems from existential fear

PC Gamer

The game formerly known as Operation Flashpoint is getting a remaster, while developer Bohemia Interactive has released its engine source code

Arma: Cold War Assault gets the GitHub treatment.

The Conversation

2026 isn’t the first time Christians have tried to claim the United States as their own

Amid celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, assertions of the country’s religious, and specifically Christian, character have grown louder in political discourse.

The Times of India

Children born today could still see B-52 bombers in service when they’re 25; Boeing built the last one in Wichita in 1962, and Rolls-Royce is re-engining them

Prepare for a flying centenarian! The iconic Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, first deployed in 1955, is set to remain operational until the 2050s, potentially serving for a century. Thanks to extensive modernization, including new Rolls-Royce engines and advanced avionics, this Cold War relic is being transformed into the B-52J, a formidable…

The Economic Times

In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaigns

In 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused the United States of dropping the insects from aircraft to destroy socialist food supplies. While farmers battled real crop damage, governments turned the infestation into a political…

The Times of India

How a tiny potato beetle became a Cold War weapon: The bizarre story behind East Germany's 'American insect' campaign

In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the Colorado potato beetle, a small, striped insect native to North America that had been spreading steadily across Europe for decades. What happened next had nothing to do with agriculture and…

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