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Check out the 3-barrelled machete gun carried into orbit by Russian cosmonauts until 2006

December 9, 2018

Here in the United States, there’s a certain image of the Astronaut’s journey we’ve grown accustomed to: a dramatic launch, a majestic weightless experience, turbulent reentry, and finally, a splashdown View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Soviet Union, Space
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Japan Scrambles Jets to Intercept Russian Bombers!

January 25, 2017 F-15_intercepting_a_Russian_Tupolev_Tu-95

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force launched fighter jets to intercept Russian Tu-95 nuclear capable strategic bombers that were approaching Japanese airspace. It is View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Military Aviation, News, Russian Air Force, Soviet Union, Video
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Soviet Built MiG-15

December 30, 2016 MiG-15

On December 30, 1947 the MiG-15 fighter jet designed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union (USSR) first flew. The swept wing MiG-15 was small, agile and fast making it a View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments History, Korean War, Military Aviation, Russian Air Force, Soviet Union, Video
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