In the darkest days of the Cold War, RAF interceptor crews lived on a knife-edge, knowing that every alert could be the harbinger of nuclear armageddon. Every day, they risk their lives to meet the threat of Soviet attack — the intense pressure pushed one beleaguered lightning jet pilot beyond endurance towards a fatal confrontation! […]
In the early years of the Space Race, as the United States of America and the Soviet Union challenge one another for dominance of the ‘High Frontier’, two Air Force astronauts find themselves trapped in a dying space capsule when an out-of-control Russian weapon threatens to spark World War III… Story: James Swallow Art: […]
Have a look at how these two aircraft — one British — one Soviet — match up: HAWKER SEA FURY ENGINE: 2470hp piston engine SPEED: 460mph ARMAMENT: 4x20mm cannon MIG15 ENGINE: 2700kg thrust turbojet SPEED: 680mph ARMAMENT: 1x37mm machine gun 2x23mm machine guns Which one do you think would come out on top in a […]
When Hector Salway and a bunch of mates decided to go halfway around the world to repay a debt, they knew it wouldn’t be an easy task — their destination was Siberia, with the Cold War between the West and East at its height. What they didn’t know was that a vicious killer who had […]
From the day he had first joined the Royal Marines, Rob Smith had trained for this moment. Here he was, bullets cracking past his head, firing back at Russian soldiers of the Soviet Army. But standing shoulder to shoulder with him were other Russians, blasting away with as much determination as their own countrymen. It […]
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane never flew in Russian airspace… officially. The Blackbird could reach a top speed of 2,200 mph and a ceiling height of 85,000 ft — enough to see the curvature of the earth. They outmatched everything the Russians could throw at them… except the MiG-31. So when one angry Red sets […]
After six long years of struggle, Germany finally surrendered in 1945. But for U-Boat Kriegsmarine Kapitan Heinrich Kessler, this was a cowardly betrayal of everything he believed in. He hid his submarine in South America, vowing never to surrender it to the enemy. Then, nearly twenty years later, Kessler had had enough. Germany was split […]
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