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The Nedelin disaster, the Soviet launch pad explosion in 1960 that killed dozens and was hidden for decades
On October 24, 1960, a rushed R-16 missile test at Baikonur erupted into an inferno that killed scores of engineers and officers, then vanished behind a decades long Soviet cover story. As the truth ...
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Project Horizon and the Cold War moon base, the US Army’s 1959 plan for a nuclear powered lunar outpost and atomic defense
In 1959, the U.S. Army quietly drafted Project Horizon, a detailed blueprint for a 12 man lunar outpost powered by nuclear reactors and built to hold the strategic high ground. This story traces how ...
Putin’s ‘special military operation’ against its neighbour, which began on 24 February 2022, has now lasted longer than the ...
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