It’s a blustery January day outside Lakehurst, New Jersey. The East Coast of North America is experiencing its worst weather ...

The definition of cool may change, but these were the PS2 Games That Were So Stylish They Still Feel Cooler Than Most Modern Blockbusters.

The North Yemen Civil War erupted in 1962 after a republican coup toppled the monarchy, triggering an eight-year conflict ...

On the Tuesday, February 10, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: For the first time in over half a century, there are no nuclear arms controls in place between the world’s two largest nuclear powers ...

At CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, an imposing spy aircraft stands outside the main entrance — a relic from a pivotal era of Cold War intelligence gathering that, in its time, pushed aerospace ...

Artificial intelligence has swept the U.S. into a high-stakes quest for dominance that has wide-ranging implications. The intense rivalry isn't solely a battle for the best technology and most ...

The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency overseeing the US government’s fleet of spy satellites, has declassified a decades-old program used to eavesdrop on the Soviet Union’s military ...

James Cheshire receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US. Major magazines such as Time, Life and ...

Many Cold War weapons remain in U.S. service because modernization proved faster and cheaper than replacement. Platforms like the B-52 and M2 Browning endure because no newer system matches their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The U.S. government has launched a new operation extracting rare materials from Cold War era nuclear waste that is likely to ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...

During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...