Military Battle Zone

Cold war

  • The Soviet “Kiss of death”

    From the outside, it looks like an ordinary, unassuming object that is commonly associated with beauty and attractiveness, but inside, it hides a deadly secret. This “lipstick” is a disguised 4.5mm single-shot pistol developed by the KGB, the Soviet Union’s… Continue reading

  • The French Anti-tank scooter

    The Vespa 150 TAP was a French military adaptation of an iconic civilian scooter for post-war urban and airborne combat. Designed in 1956 and used by the French Foreign Legion and paratroopers, this Anti-tank vehicle, derived from the Italian scooter… Continue reading

  • Project Acoustic Kitty: The CIA’s cat spies

    Imagine a cute and cuddly feline being a spy for a country’s intelligence agency. That sounds a little far-fetched, right? This is the bizarre premise of Operation Acoustic Kitty, an American CIA initiative in the 1960s during the Cold War… Continue reading

  • Project Babylon: Gerald Bull’s supergun

    The supergun is a long-range and massive-barreled artillery piece envisioned by Canadian engineer Gerald Bull to launch a satellite into orbit. A charismatic and ambitious academic, Gerald joined the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment in the 1950s, where he… Continue reading

  • Project Thor: The Rods from God

    The Rods from God is a orbital weapon system, capable of launching tungsten rod-like projectiles from outer space that neutralize its target with the tremendous force of a nuclear bomb but cause no subsequent radiation or fallout. The idea for… Continue reading

  • The Soviet “Dead hand”

    The Soviet Perimeter, also known by the West as the “Dead Hand,” was a Cold War automatic nuclear control system that could unleash all nuclear weapons at once without any human command if the Soviet/ Russian state is threatened. Developed… Continue reading

  • Germany’s atomic bomb project WW2

    Codenamed Uranverin or “Uranium Club”, the secret Nazi project to develop the atomic bomb began when fission (breaking of atomic nuclei), a basic process of making nuclear weapons, was first discovered in December 1938 by German scientists Otto Hahn and… Continue reading

  • Britain’s Nuclear land mine chickens

    As the Cold War sparked a nuclear arms race between East and West, Britain launched a top-secret operation to deter a potential Soviet invasion of Western Europe. The project: bury nuclear landmines across West Germany, powered by live chickens that… Continue reading

  • The CIA’s “Aswang”

    For centuries, Filipinos have upheld a strong superstition of supernatural entities that lurk in the night. One such monster is the Aswang, a vampire-like creature who can shape shift and feed on the bloodless corpses of unfortunate villagers and travelers.… Continue reading