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Inside an abandoned secret nuclear missile base deep in the forests of Lithuania

The USSR-built Plokštinė Missile Base once housed nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. Abandoned in the late 1970s, it’s ...
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The Soviet Flying Ship That Terrified the Pentagon

In the Cold War’s race for dominance, the Soviet Union developed the Ekranoplan - a hybrid between a plane and a ship. Designed to fly just above the water, it could evade radar and deliver heavy ...

Radioactive wasp nest found at site where U.S. once made nuclear bombs

Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near tanks where liquid nuclear waste is stored, according to a report from ...