The Cold War is widely considered to have ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It appeared to mark the end of ...

For the past few years, I have had to ask myself a question I never asked before in my life: What should we call the era we’re living in today? I was born into the “Cold War” era, and most of my ...

Humanity is still recovering from Cold War 1.0, the rusted Iron Curtain and forever-perpetual wars of choice, yet a new Cold War has already set the stage. However, it has new rules of engagement, a ...

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,” ...

"The current questioning of nuclear deterrence implies something other than its withering away. There is no post-nuclear strategy. . . .[T]he nuclear instrument remains the central element in the ...

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 ...

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 ...