A once-crumbling Soviet-era electronics plant in Belarus became a key cog in Russia’s military-industrial complex. Owned by ...

In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a ...

Russia summit approaches, Ukrainian military faces growing divisions between the rank-and-file and top brass ...

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made parts for U.S. nuclear bombs found a radioactive wasp nest. Workers at a site ...

The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to ...

In the early days of space exploration, the Soviet Union launched the Venera Program, one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken to explore another planet. From 1961 to 1985, the USSR sent ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry. But why were they ...

Different computer models were used to predict the reentry of the 1970s-era Soviet Venus craft Kosmos-482. Why were they divergent, and how can we improve our debris-fall forecasts?

A Republican refugee of Soviet-era communism is jumping into the race to replace late Rep. Gerry Connolly.

James Lloydovich Patterson, child star of Soviet-era film, dies at 91 The son of an African American father and a Russian mother, he starred at age 3 in a propaganda film mythologizing Soviet ...

As the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave a Gift in Brazil for Today’s Spies? A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility.