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

In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of ...

The U.S. government wants to select "disparate" locations where it could eventually make bomb-grade uranium again.

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

Mixed Signals,” by Rebecca Charbonneau, explores an unusual period of Soviet-U.S. cooperation in the hunt for aliens.

Throughout the Cold War, European militaries were very well-armed and capable of fighting intense conflicts over an extended ...

President Trump’s quest to dislodge thousands of workers from the federal government is being hamstrung by an antiquated personnel filings system located deep inside a mountain bunker.

Continental defenses that can provide perfect—or even near-perfect—protection for the US homeland are not feasible. New ...

Joining Clooney and Wyle were an ensemble cast including Richard Dreyfuss, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, Don Cheadle, and Harvey Keitel, plus an introduction from newscasting giant Walter Cronkite.

A Cold War nuclear missile will remain in service ... fundamental changes of those early days. The same can be seen with computers. It wasn't that long ago when every couple of years saw all ...

The Greatest Interviews series returns to 1994 and the creator of the AK-47 assault rifle, a man struggling with the weight ...