The Cold War was one of the most dangerous periods of recent world history. The United States, the Soviets, and the wider world around them can thank their lucky stars that it didn't escalate into a ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into establishing tighter security and coerced indoctrination programs for their military ...

Among the highest-profile figures to flee the Soviet Union, he brought with him a secret weapon and firsthand experience behind the Iron Curtain. By Clay Risen When the Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko ...

The incident got the world press going wild with stories about the MiG-25 and U.S. Defence Secretary Schlesinger stated that the new Soviet interceptor was a sufficiently potent weapon to... The ...