Amid the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine votes for independence in a referendum, with 92 percent of Ukrainians supporting independence, and elects Leonid Kravchuk as president.

In 1985, an ailing solar observation satellite in orbit over 300 miles above the Earth was the target of a United States Air Force F-15A armed with a ...

The Type 001 Liaoning was initially laid down during the Cold War in the former Soviet Union ... radar-guided missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder IR-guided missiles in close range engagements.

Ukraine has entered into a memorandum with Diehl Defence, the manufacturer of IRIS-T missiles, focusing on the joint development of the system in the future and promising to triple the supply of ...

Public Domain The 1947 Truman Doctrine was crucial for Greece to be able to avoid falling into the sphere of Soviet influence while the country was ravaged by the Civil War (1946-1949). With the ...

The mission of the F-104 Starfighter was simple enough: to intercept Soviet bombers at high altitudes ... Notably, it carried Sidewinder missiles and a 20mm Vulcan cannon. However, this warplane ...

The UK's Royal Air Force operates some aircraft with impressive ranges as it is designed to operate around the world.

The lingering threat of sophisticated Soviet Union bombers during this incredibly ... and was equipped with the M-61 20mm cannon, bombs and Sidewinder missiles it would need to serve in the ...

In his 2017 book Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win, British journalist Luke Harding recounted how Trump’s friendship with the Soviet diplomat ...

The Ukrainian air force would likely hang the Tauruses under the swinging wings of ex-Soviet Sukhoi Su-24 bombers that the British and French have already modified to carry Storm Shadows and SCALP ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.