Missing ASH Missile Data and the Soviet Nuclear Trigger
British intelligence held the keys to Soviet precision, but a gap in the archive suggests the most dangerous secrets were physically removed before they could be seen.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Electronic Intelligence
Soviet ASW Electronics and the Gamble of the Nuclear Submarine
The crews of nuclear submarines faced an invisible enemy in Soviet electronic sensors, a threat mapped by British intelligence in files that still hide their primary sources.
By Roy Castellano ·
Topsail Radar and the MoD's Nuclear Order of Battle
British officials kept the precise reach of Soviet shipborne surveillance hidden for decades to protect the viability of the NATO nuclear strike.
By Miriam Adler ·
Four Airmen Killed Mapping Soviet Radar for Nuclear War
Pilot Bill Palm and three ELINT operators were killed in a 1960 Barents Sea crash that Strategic Air Command viewed as acceptable friction in the pursuit of invaluable data.
By Miriam Adler ·
Soviets armed 915 missiles to destroy American carriers
US carrier task forces were tracked by a secret network of Bear aircraft and nuclear submarines as the Soviets gambled on saturation tactics to avoid naval inferiority.
By Vera Kessler ·
381st Intelligence Squadron battled failing boilers to vacuum signals on Shemya
Targets remain blacked out even as special screening and 182 days of arduous training prepared technicians for classified missions on Shemya.
By Marcus Boone ·