Cold War Espionage
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US Declassifies Cold War-Era 'JUMPSEAT' Spy Satellite Programme
The US has declassified details of the Cold War-era JUMPSEAT spy satellite programme, revealing how the spacecraft played a key role in monitoring Soviet military activity from space between 1971 and 2006.
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How Indian-Origin Engineer, Who Worked On B-2 Stealth Bombers, Spied For China
The B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, the world's most advanced aircraft, were used by the US in its Operation Midnight Hammer on Sunday to dismantle Iran's nuclear facilities amid Israeli claims that Tehran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Hidden In Plain Sight: The World's Most Bizarre Secret Weapons
What became a very successful CIA programme during the cold war took its inspiration from British efforts during the second world war.
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Tetris Trailer: Taron Egerton Tries Getting Video Game Rights in Apple TV+’s Cold War Espionage
Apple TV+ just dropped the first trailer for its Tetris movie. Starring Taron Egerton in the lead, the film charts the true story of the struggle to bring the classic block-matching game onto Nintendo from the clutches of the Soviet Union. Nikita Yefremov stars as the Russian inventor Alexey Pajitnov, whereas Togo Igawa makes an appearance as Hiros...
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British Spy Thriller Author John Le Carre Dies At 89: Agent
John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89, his agent said Sunday.
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Lithuania, Norway Swap Spies With Russia At Border In Cold War-Style
Russia on Friday returned two Lithuanians and a Norwegian convicted of espionage to Vilnius in a espionage swap that also saw NATO and EU member Lithuania free two Russians jailed for spying in an exchange reminiscent of the Cold War.
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Slovenia Hideouts Spill Cold War Secrets
Almost three decades after the end of the Cold War, secrets from the era of espionage and power games are now resurfacing in Slovenia.
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Edward Snowden: A very 21st century spy
In the good old days of the Cold War, when spies wanted to defect, they sneaked into a secret door of an enemy embassy with a briefcase stuffed full of state secrets.
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Germany puts alleged KGB spy couple on trial
A married couple accused of spying for the Russian secret services for more than 20 years went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, in one of the biggest espionage court cases since the Cold War.
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US Declassifies Cold War-Era 'JUMPSEAT' Spy Satellite Programme
The US has declassified details of the Cold War-era JUMPSEAT spy satellite programme, revealing how the spacecraft played a key role in monitoring Soviet military activity from space between 1971 and 2006.
-
How Indian-Origin Engineer, Who Worked On B-2 Stealth Bombers, Spied For China
The B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, the world's most advanced aircraft, were used by the US in its Operation Midnight Hammer on Sunday to dismantle Iran's nuclear facilities amid Israeli claims that Tehran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Hidden In Plain Sight: The World's Most Bizarre Secret Weapons
What became a very successful CIA programme during the cold war took its inspiration from British efforts during the second world war.
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Tetris Trailer: Taron Egerton Tries Getting Video Game Rights in Apple TV+’s Cold War Espionage
Apple TV+ just dropped the first trailer for its Tetris movie. Starring Taron Egerton in the lead, the film charts the true story of the struggle to bring the classic block-matching game onto Nintendo from the clutches of the Soviet Union. Nikita Yefremov stars as the Russian inventor Alexey Pajitnov, whereas Togo Igawa makes an appearance as Hiros...
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British Spy Thriller Author John Le Carre Dies At 89: Agent
John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89, his agent said Sunday.
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Lithuania, Norway Swap Spies With Russia At Border In Cold War-Style
Russia on Friday returned two Lithuanians and a Norwegian convicted of espionage to Vilnius in a espionage swap that also saw NATO and EU member Lithuania free two Russians jailed for spying in an exchange reminiscent of the Cold War.
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Slovenia Hideouts Spill Cold War Secrets
Almost three decades after the end of the Cold War, secrets from the era of espionage and power games are now resurfacing in Slovenia.
-
Edward Snowden: A very 21st century spy
In the good old days of the Cold War, when spies wanted to defect, they sneaked into a secret door of an enemy embassy with a briefcase stuffed full of state secrets.
-
Germany puts alleged KGB spy couple on trial
A married couple accused of spying for the Russian secret services for more than 20 years went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, in one of the biggest espionage court cases since the Cold War.
