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Soviet Scientists Develop Experiment to Conduct Air Sampling near US ‘Operation Crossroads’ Nuclear Test Sites

In 1946, the head of the KGB First Directorate, Boris Vannikov, sent Lavrentiy Beria an appeal from Soviet Academy of Science physicists to help them conduct airborne experiments that would allow them to collect radioactive particles near nuclear testing sites associated with the US ‘Operation Crossroads’. The concept would have Beria instruct Commander in ChiefContinueContinue reading “Soviet Scientists Develop Experiment to Conduct Air Sampling near US ‘Operation Crossroads’ Nuclear Test Sites”

Ill-Fated Soviet Nuclear Submarine ‘Komsomolets’ Sets Depth Record on This Date in 1985

A press release issued today, 4 August 2025, from Russia’s Northern Shipyard – Sevmash – celebrated the 40th anniversary of the world’s depth record (1027 meters) being set in 1985 by the Project 685 nuclear submarine Komsomolets, built at the Sevmash facility. To date, this record has not been surpassed by any fleet in theContinueContinue reading “Ill-Fated Soviet Nuclear Submarine ‘Komsomolets’ Sets Depth Record on This Date in 1985”

Former WWII German Sailor Passes Classified Minesweeping Document to Soviets under British Noses

In today’s translation of an undated Russian document, Osip Borisovich Bron (1896-1988), head of the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering at the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation, related the story of the Soviet Navy’s post-war quest for a rumored instruction on how to properly sweep for German mines, and British efforts to thwartContinueContinue reading “Former WWII German Sailor Passes Classified Minesweeping Document to Soviets under British Noses”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 11

18 September 1962 / Report from Zakharov and Fokin to Khrushchev on Soviet Navy’s plans to support Operation Anadyr    Top Secret Copy No. 1 Defense Council To N. S. Khrushchev / Eyes Only             We are hereby reporting the transition plan of Naval ships for Operation Anadyr.             For Operation Anadyr, the following areContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 11”