Cold War

A History of The Cold War Era from 1945 to 1991.

US B-57 Nuclear Device

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-b57-nuclear-device 31st Jul 2021 - Built and deployed between 1963 and 1967, the US B-57 was a Tactical Nuclear Device used during The Cold War. The Munition was a Gravity (air dropped) …

Operation: ''Big Buzz''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/operation-big-buzz 31st Jul 2021 - Operation: ''Big Buzz'' was an early Cold War US Government Experiment which tested the possibility of using living insect Hosts to infect a potential …

Operation: ''Ivy Mike''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/operation-ivy-mike 31st Jul 2021 - The first full-scale Test of a Thermonuclear Device by The United States was Code named ''Ivy Mike''. It occurred on November 1, 1952 in The Pacific O …

British ''Violet Club''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-violet-club 31st Jul 2021 - ''Violet Club'' was The British Code Name for it;s first ''high yield'' Nuclear Device, deployed during The Cold War. Developed in 1954 as a result of …

Operation: ''Hudson Harbor''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/operation-hudson-harbor 31st Jul 2021 - Operation: ''Hudson Harbor'' was the Code name for a proposed Nuclear Deployment US Assets – against various Enemies in The Far East (namely Com …

The ''Doomsday Clock''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-doomsday-clock 31st Jul 2021 - The ''mechanism'' used to convey the ''closeness' of The World to Nuclear Disaster at it's ''own hands'' – The ''Doomsday Clock'' is the primary …

''Broken Backed'' War Theory

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/broken-backed-war-theory 31st Jul 2021 - Postulated by The British Government in 1952, the theory of ''Broken Back'' War was related to possible Atomic (Nuclear) War scenarios. In design, an …

''Pax Atomica''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/pax-atomica 31st Jul 2021 - The Term ''Pax Atomica'' was an early Cold War ideology which pre-dated the previously discussed ''Mutual assured Destruction'' (MAD). It based on the …

CRP-2B

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/crp2b 31st Jul 2021 - Initiated by The US Government in 1976, ''CRP-2B'' was a ''Nuclear War Scenario'' – developed by The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …

British BAC ''Provost'' Jet Trainer

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-bac-provost-jet-trainer 31st Jul 2021 - The ''Provost'' was a British Jet Aircraft Trainer which was first deployed in 1955. a long serving Trainer, they would be retired in 1993. They were …

Spanish ''Lince'' Main Battle Tank

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/spanish-lince-main-battle-tank 31st Jul 2021 - The Spanish ''Lince'' (''Lynx'') was that Nations attempt to self-produce it's own Main Battle Tank for use by The National Army. Seen as critical to …

British Blackburn B-101 ''Beverley'' Cargo Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-blackburn-b101-beverley-cargo-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The British Blackburn ''Beverley'' Cargo and Transport Airplane was a Heavy Cargo Craft used extensively by The Royal Air Force from 1955 until 1967. …