Nuclear testing At the height of the Cold War, in the early 1960s, nuclear testing was resumed by both the US and USSR. The largest thermonuclear bomb ever dropped was…
The RAF Lightning The Lightning was the first fully supersonic aircraft in the Royal Air Force, and Fighter Command’s maximum speeds were instantly doubled with its introduction. Throughout its twenty-eight…
A lonely US Navy A-7 intercepts a formation of Soviet Tu-16 Badger bombers The Tupolev Tu-16, also known by the NATO reporting name Badger, was an innovative project that was…
After making four passes over the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex, a wing of the Tu-16 Badger clipped the sea on the final pass, resulting in a crash that…
Both Israeli Mirage pilots were scared away by Tupolev Tu-16 defensive fire from the tail-mounted barbette after their Shafrir Mk.1 air-to-air missile attack attempt failed The Iraqi High Command in…