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MI5 chief warns of threats to #UK from Russia, #Iran and #AI

#MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state THREATS than during the #ColdWar, the head of the intelligence service has said, as he labelled #Russia "aggressor number one".

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MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief #MI5 #Intelligence #StateThreats #ColdWar

MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief #MI5 #Intelligence #StateThreats #ColdWar #Russia

Can good intentions survive inside a spy agency? Anderson tracks four men who found out the hard way.
#books #bookreview #ScottAnderson #ColdWar

Cold War Thriller ‘Honey’ Scores First Sales After Cannes World Premiere #ColdWar #Thriller #CannesFilmFestival #FilmPremiere #BBC

In 1959, Luna 3 captured the first images of the Moon’s far side.

According to NASA history, the film came from Project Genetrix, a U.S. spy-balloon program.

Soviet spacecraft. American spy film. Moon history. 🌑

#Moon #SpaceHistory #ColdWar

One line in this book feels eerie today. Putin sees America as a rival, not a friend.
#books #bookreview #RussianHistory #ColdWar

At the United Nations, even a dispute over a speech could become a public confrontation over freedom, sovereignty and the right of nations to determine their own future.

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#NikitaKhrushchev #UnitedNations #ColdWar #SovietHistory #Philippines #WorldHistory #ShoeBangingIncident

The head of the War Department Equipment Board "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell died #OTD in 1946. His work outlived him, setting the stage for a whole generation of American tanks: the M41 Walker Bulldog, M47 Patton, and Heavy Tank M103. #tanks #history #ColdWar

Had a great time at NELSAM today! Collected another Vulcan (my fifth so far) as well some other interesting aircraft/vehicles! #history #airplanes #planes #museum #coldwar

First try to make some 4,5" gun turrests for the HMAS Australia. But somehow I fear, they are too big.

#Scalemodels #Whatif #3Dprinting #Australia #Coldwar #HMAS

Fallex 84. Bavaria West Germany. APC loaded with infantry drive down German road during training exercises held in the Bavarian countryside, as part of the annual fall NATO manoeuvres, 4 September 1984. 🇨🇦 LAC Photo #ColdWar #M113Monday

America lost a hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean, and for 80 days it could not find it.

Seven airmen died, plutonium dust fell on Spanish farmland, and Washington stayed silent for six weeks.

How many tons of Spanish soil were shipped to South Carolina?

#history #ColdWar

Also discussed in this article is the #CubanMissileCrisis naval #blockade and how escalation over this is probably the closest the world came to the #ColdWar becoming a #nuclearwar.

Tom Anderson's series on the #history of #naval #warfare looks at the rare clashes of the #ColdWar, focusing on the oft-forgotten (in the West) #BangladeshLiberationWar and ensuing #India - #Pakistan war. #OperationTrident #Hangor #Bangladesh #MilitaryHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/naval-g...

A Valiant of No. 49 Squadron dropped Britain's first live air-delivered atomic bomb at Maralinga. On this day in 1956, Flavell's crew tied the V-force to its weapon.

rafch.link/vXG- #RAFHistory #ColdWar

The book that accused MI5's top man of spying for Moscow — and Britain never fully recovered. Read my full review.
#books #bookreview #TheirTradeIsTreachery #ColdWar