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Russia’s Nuclear Weapons – What Does The World Really Know?
Russia, together with the United States, controls 95% of the world’s nuclear weapons. Has Russia more nuclear weapon than America? How much nuclear weapons are there in Russia and can they be used? More
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The Femore Fortress – On Guard Towards The East
Outside the city, Oxelösund in Sweden lies the Femore Fortress which provides a unique insight into the everyday life of the cold war and nowadays its open to visitors. Until 1997, the Fortress had the code name “Battery OD”, and here 70 people could stay for up to a month in the event of war. More
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Huge Abandoned Military Storage Deep Inside The Mountain
During the Cold War, Sweden had a large number of military warehouses deployed deep in the forests. In the event of war, the defense could easily continue even if the cities were severely bombed. However, a warehouse of this size is unusual. More
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Duga – The Super Secret Radar “Russian Woodpecker” In Chernobyl Area
There are very exciting things in the forests around Chernobyl. Duga was super secret “over-horizon radar” that would detect nuclear missiles from the US already at the launch. Join a tour of the powerful abandoned construction. More
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Exploring An Abandoned Soviet Missile Facility
Once a missile facility that protected the Soviet Union against all possible military threats. Walk into this area without permission before the year 1995, may have resulted in many years in prison. Today the place is abandoned. Now we enter the traces of rocket pads and rooms for radar surveillance! More
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The Award Winning Swedish Air Force Museum
Exhibition of the year, the museum of the year. These are some of the awards that Air Force Museum in the Swedish town of Linköping received. This museum offers the visitor an authentic environment with a lot of scenes from Sweden during the Cold War. More
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Deep Inside The Cold War Aircraft Hangar
Aeroseum in Säve, north of Gothenburg, offers you access to the previously top-secret cavern. Here you survive a nuclear attack and may also see large parts of the Swedish military aviation history. More
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Traces Of War on Latvian Beaches
On the beaches of the Baltic Sea are today remnants of what would constitute a defense in a war. A war in which, in the worst cases, nuclear weapons could decide the winner. Welcome to Liepaja in Latvia – And the former closed military city Karosta! More
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Traces Of War: Secrets of Poland’s Beaches
Once again in Poland. A country with a dramatic history that has left its traces, even on the most beautiful sandy beaches. Here are old bunkers with remains of guns with devastating firepower. More
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If The War Comes: In A Normal Swedish Shelter
In the late 1930s, the Swedish government decided that focus would be on the protection of civilians in time of war. With Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson as the leader, a civilian agency called the Air Protection Inspectorate was formed. The Air Protection Inspectorate was given the responsibility of planning, managing and meeting the need […] More
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Checkpoint Charlie In Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous border crossing in Berlin, from the time when Germany was divided into East and West. The border crossing was between the American and Soviet sectors. More
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Top Secret Soviet Radar Facility “Skrunda” In Latvia
In the Latvian forests, there was a bus stop just called “the facility”. Welcome to Skrunda-1, once a gigantic and top-secret Soviet radar station. More
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