S1 E1: Bombers
An analysis of the awesome aircraft deployed by West and East to gain an edge in the high-stakes game of delivering total nuclear annihilation anywhere.
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How the Cold War pushed technological innovations in aircraft design to unimagined heights.
An analysis of the awesome aircraft deployed by West and East to gain an edge in the high-stakes game of delivering total nuclear annihilation anywhere.
1 hours
We open with Moscow's 1952 revelation that its air defenses and fighter jets were outdated. Stalin's fury over the inability of MiG fighters to catch British reconnaissance aircraft leads to reorganization of air defenses and the MiG 21.
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In this series, we examine the secret aircraft of the Cold War, focusing on the technology and designers of aircraft that were light years ahead of their time.
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Military planners fear the runway's vulnerability to preemptive attack. Their solution? Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft able to launch without runways.
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