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How USSR Spied On Chinese Nuclear Tests By Using A Radiation Sampling MiG-25RR Foxbat Variant

How USSR Spied On Chinese Nuclear Tests By Using A Radiation Sampling MiG-25RR Foxbat Variant

Russian Air Force MiG-25RB – Credits: Alex Beltyukov via Wikipedia China’s PLA tested its first nuclear weapon in 1964 and its first thermonuclear weapon just three years later in 1967. Testing continued until 1996, and the military continued to develop higher payload weapons with smaller and lighter warheads to allow …

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That Time China Tried to Develop the American B-29 WWII Bomber Into Its First AWACS Aircraft

That Time China Tried to Develop the American B-29 WWII Bomber Into Its First AWACS Aircraft

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. The Superfortress was designed for the high-altitude strategic bombing but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing. B-29s also dropped the atomic …

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