Missing SS-NX-5 Files and the 1973 Technical Review
A Cold War ledger of Soviet hardware shows a pattern of missing strategic missiles and a hidden obsession with nuclear measuring tools that stayed secret for decades.
By Roy Castellano ·
Soviet Bloc
Fulcrum and the Sanitized Voids of the SS-NX-5
For decades, the UK Ministry of Defence held the technical keys to the Soviet MiG-29 and the SS-NX-5 missile—until the most critical assessments simply vanished from the record.
By Eleanor Voss ·
SA-N-3 Radar and the Mapping of Ukrainian River Lines
Sailors in the Black Sea faced a missile system they could not see, while the UK spent decades mapping the riverine arteries of Eastern Europe to find where the Soviet Bloc's naval power met the land.
By Constance Bell ·
Soviet River Lines and the 1962 MoD Nuclear Targeting Grid
Soviet river crossings and electronic signatures were mapped in secret to find mobile nuclear missiles, a target list that remained hidden for decades.
By Roy Castellano ·
Radiac Sensors and the Ministry of Defence’s Invisible Gap
Hidden from public view, the technical reports on Soviet radiation detectors obscured a deeper struggle to benchmark Western sensors against an adversary's hidden capabilities.
By Eleanor Voss ·