Cold War military jet plane, Northern England - (Urban Exploration) Urbex & Abandoned
#coldwar
Exciting news - I have now published my Action-Thriller trilogy!
I don't distribute my work on Amazon. The ebooks can be obtained for free (no sign up needed) by following the links to BookFunnel on my website - go to https://leejrussell.com/the-lissa-blackwood-trilogy/
Creating this series was a lot of fun and I've totally enjoyed the whole journey with my leading character - Lissa Blackwood.
... and now for something different - my next project will be another 'Cold War Cthulhu' short story collection... and then maybe a sci-fi novel...
... so many ideas... so little time in the day!
US #spy #satellite agency declassifies high-flying #ColdWar listening post
War! What is it good for?
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1739899/war-what-is-it-good-for
So the KGB-CIA-M16 espionage and terror that defined the cold war never actually ended, the KGB simply won when the west gave up after the Berlin Wall fell.
5 times the Winter Olympics got super political https://www.politico.eu/article/5-times-the-winter-olympics-got-political/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #U.S.foreignpolicy #Intelligence #WarinUkraine #Democracy #Platforms #Military #Missiles #Politics #Borders #ColdWar #History #Kremlin #Guide #Milan #Sport #Tanks #War
Author Interview about my latest book, THE RED IN THE WRONG PROFESSION: literarytitan.com/2026/02/02/i...
#writingcommunity #writers #readingcommunity #readers #authors #books #mysteries #coldwar #espionage #spies
Author Interview about my latest book, THE RED IN THE WRONG PROFESSION: literarytitan.com/2026/02/02/i...
#writingcommunity #writers #readingcommunity #readers #authors #books #mysteries #coldwar #espionage #spies
The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?
#Russia #USA #NewSTART #WorldPeace #Politics
#NuclearArms #NuclearWeapons #Disarmament #GlobalSecurity #ColdWar #NuclearRisk #UN #NPT
#Geopolitics #World
https://the-14.com/the-only-remaining-us-russia-nuclear-treaty-expires-this-week-could-a-new-arms-race-soon-accelerate/
Does Trump want Germany’s gold? The safety of US bullion reserves.
Germany stores 1 236 tonnes of gold in the USA.
As the Trump administration ploughs forward with its incendiary policies, European trust in the US government is fading.
Some politicians want to repatriate these reserves, but such a move could be risky.
#Germany #Gold #Trump #Bullion #Politics #Greenland #Bundesbank #ColdWar
US #spy #satellite agency declassifies high-flying #ColdWar listening post
#NationalReconnaissanceOffice , the agency overseeing the US gov's fleet of spy #satellites , has declassified a decades-old program used to #eavesdrop on the #SovietUnion 's #military communication signals
The program was codenamed #Jumpseat , & its existence was already public knowledge through leaks & contemporary media reports. What's new is the #NRO 's description of the program's purpose…
"Hunting in the USSR"
travel poster in the US and Canada, c.1930
I wonder how effective these ads were? It would have been mostly the rich who could afford international travel during the Great Depression, and the Soviet Union might be the last place they'd want to go. Nice design.
#oldadvertisements #oldposter #poster #travel #ussr #coldwar #travelposter #sovietunion #painting #1930s #greatdepression
Today in Labor History January 31, 1950: President Truman ordered the development of thermonuclear weapons (Hydrogen bombs). The U.S. tested the first thermonuclear weapon in 1952. It was developed by Edward Teller. H-bombs consist of a nuclear fission primary stage, much like older atomic bombs. The fuel for this stage is usually 235U or 239Pu. This is followed by a nuclear fusion reaction using the heavy hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium. Modern thermonuclear weapons use lithium deuteride. The nuclear fission stage creates a temperature of over 100 million Kelvin (180 million degrees Fahrenheit), flooding the radiation channel with X-rays. The X-ray energy implodes a plutonium spark plug, compressing the secondary stage and driving the plutonium into a supercritical state that drives a fission chain reaction. The fission products heat the thermonuclear fuel to 300 million Kelvin, igniting the fusion reactions.
After Trump’s re-election as President of the U.S., the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to midnight. Closer than it was at the height of the Cold War. Closer than it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Closer than it was when Reagan joked that the U.S. had initiated an atomic attack on the USSR. Why? Because the clock is calibrated based on the threat of nuclear war, the climate crisis, the risks posed by AI, and the volatility and unpredictability of those with the fingers on the button, all of which have gotten worse with a 2nd Trump presidency. And on January 27, 2026, they reset it again to 85 seconds before midnight due, in part, to the intent to reintroduce explosive testing by the U.S. and its refusal to reestablish existing nuclear non-proliferation treaties.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #nuclear #atomic #bomb #radioactive #hbomb #thermonuclear #edwardteller #coldwar #truman #soviet #ussr #communism #reagan #trump #climatecrisis #ai
Goodbye to the US? Not yet in Ramstein, home to the largest American base in the world.
The most pro-American corner of Germany faces a potential rupture following Trump’s threats against Europe and Greenland: ‘He has caused a lot of damage’
#Germany #Ramstein #Trump #Military #USArmy #Greenland #Denmark #Europe #Nato #ColdWar
Obviously Britain did the most
ExplanationThe losses of Germany on the eastern front are widely believed to be the most significant factor in defeating Nazi Germany and the USSR won the battle of Berlin, the final battle before the German capitulation. Thus Europe widely believed (for a good reason) that the USSR was the main contributor in defeating Germany. With the cold war the perception of the USSR became a lot worse in western countries like France and with increasing anti-USSR sentiment the view flipped to viewing the USA as the deciding factor. The USSR (and the Russian Federation today, even if its government is very anti USSR) viewed itself as the most important force in defeating Germany, especially because the USSR had the biggest amount of deaths. It is worth noting that the USSR was at least commercially allied with Nazi Germany until June 22, 1941 and there was an agreement between the nations on which parts of Europe each could invade and which where reserved for the other.
Denmark’s long and difficult reckoning with America’s abandonment.
Since the end of the Cold War, the Scandinavian kingdom pursued a ‘super-Atlanticist’ strategy in hopes that the US would come to its aid when needed.
Now, trust between Washington and Copenhagen has been broken.
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