Soviet Wake Detection and the 1968 Norwegian Sea Recovery
A Soviet aircraft crash near the USS Essex provided the blueprint for a threat to the nuclear triad, kept under wraps in files that still contain redacted gaps.
By Roy Castellano ·
Intelligence Sharing
Soviet ECM HIP Helicopters and the Nuclear Blind Spot
The record remained hidden for decades, placing the Soviet Union's electronic warfare assets in the hands of nuclear intelligence specialists whose names are still withheld.
By Roy Castellano ·
Chester Cooper and the Sanitized Photos Sold to the British Press
The U.S. managed what the British public saw of the Cuban Missile Crisis, filtering intelligence through curated imagery to protect a secret that could have ended lives.
By Desmond Okafor ·
The PRC and the British Blueprint to Blind Soviet Radars
Kept secret in the UK National Archives, a series of technical reviews mapped the Soviet SA-6 missile net using intelligence from a communist rival to protect nuclear bombers.
By Roy Castellano ·
Jonathan Pollard and the Secret Price of Israeli Intelligence
An American analyst bled state secrets for foreign payments, but a 1987 sentencing memorandum suggests the legal battle was a proxy for a high-stakes diplomatic negotiation.
By Vera Kessler ·