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The article reports on the move of Soviet Union in shooting down Korean civilian airline passenger Flight 007. Edwin Meese, U.S. presidential counselor, made an urgent call to U.S. President Ronald Reagan telling him that Flight 007 has been shot down by the Soviet Union. Flight 007 left from the U.S. territory and carried 61 American passengers including a U.S. Congressman. Republican Congressman Thomas F. Hartnett says that attacking unarmed civilian plane is like attacking a school bus.

The article discusses a breakthrough in the annals of space, wherein a piloted ship has succeeded in launching an earth satellite. It notes that the SBS-3 and the Anik C-3 manifest an advanced example of electronic wizardry in the orbit. Moreover, it also notes the fear of scientists as the number of launches keep on increasing that may further damage the protective ozone layer and the concerns on the use Soviet Union on nuclear fuel to power some of their low-flying military satellites.

The article reports on the ten B-29 airplanes of the U.S. Air Force that fly only at night over Korea because of their limited air power. A statement is made by General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg on the probability that the U.S. will retreat from enemy lines because of the lack of equipment. The country does not have adequate defense against the nuclear attack of Russia despite its rearmament after the war. The Communist Army in China has high-technology weapons and airplanes supplied by the Russians.

The article reports on the release of Captains Freeman B. Olmstead and John R. McKone, members of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) RB-47 aircraft, who have been detained in Soviet Union. It mentions that U.S. President John F. Kennedy made the announcement and explains the importance of the release to the new administration of Kennedy. It also reveals the conditions set by Soviet's Nikita Khruschev tied to the release of Olmstead and McKone.

The article discusses the capture of U-2 Lockheed pilot Francis Gary Powers in Soviet territory in the midst of the cold war. It states that Powers was gunned down by the orders of Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev, who is said to be aware of American reconnaissance missions across the country. It mentions that U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower ordered State Department spokesman, Lincoln White, to tell the truth in a press conference. Eiichiro Sekigawa's description of the U-2 is provided.

The article focuses on Russian Lieutenant General Vasily Stalin, son of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. He commanded a fighter division in Poland in 1944 and was promoted to major general in 1946. Three years later, he was again promoted to lieutenant general. The article also details the growth of Russian air power during the 1940s.

Evaluates Safeguard programs launched by the U.S. President, Richard Nixon to counter the threat imposed by intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) of the Soviet Union. Comparison of ICBM missiles possessed by the U.S. and the Soviet Union; Features of ICBM; Opinion of Pentagon's research chief, John S. Foster Jr. on the ability of Soviet SS-9 missiles to hit multiple targets; Ability of Minutemen silos to counter the Soviet missile threat; Information regarding the Over The Horizon radars, which is operational at permanent overseas bases.

The article reports on the Soviet Union's spy satellite Cosmos 954 which crashed in a remote Canadian wilderness area. It narrates that the satellite, which contained a nuclear reactor in the system, started to sag in its orbit during December 1977, and crashed into the atmosphere with probable reentry point in North America based on the computer analysis of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). It states that military intelligence from both Russia and the U.S. knew that Cosmos 954 was in fact a satellite that tracks U.S. submarines, and that search attempts by the U.S. and Canada became more of a pursuit of military intelligence rather than of environmental conservation.

The article offers information on foreign policy in the U.S. and the Soviet Union which is focusing more on one date, February 24, 1976. It mentions that in the U.S., it is the day of the New Hampshire presidential primary and the official opening of the 1976 political season, while in Russia, it is the first day of the 25th Communist Party Congress. It adds that the main target of those attacking the Ford Administration's foreign policy is the U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. Kissinger revealed in a press conference that he was canceling plans to go to Moscow, Russia to discuss negotiations over the second phase of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II).

Reports on the possible plans of the Soviet Union to develop a nationwide defense against ballistic missiles. Construction of a giant phased-array radars; Impact of the plan to the Strategic Defense Initiative of the U.S.; Use of lasers and particle beams as anti-ballistic missile elements; U.S. government's reaction to the plans.

The article offers information on the continued development series of the U.S. Defense Department. It highlights the successful launched of the winged Nike-Zeus missile that intercepts an intercontinental missile and in response to the boast of Soviet Union Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev. However, Defense Department Secretary Robert S. McNamara expresses his doubts on the effectivity of the Nike-Zeus program in protecting the country.

The article reports on the nuisance technique conducted by the Soviet transport planes to confuse the motion of Western planes in Berlin, Germany in 1962. It states that the Soviet planes dumped several aluminum chaff in the sky to test the radar operation of the Western fighter planes. It notes that U.S. President John F. Kennedy considered the move of the Soviet government as a dangerous action towards them.

The article reports on the issues surrounding the gunning down of Soviet Union forces to the electronic reconnaissance RB-47 plane of the U.S. According to the author, Soviet's Nikita Sergeevich Khruschev issued a note to the U.S., stressing that the Americans had violated Soviet Union's boundaries. The RB-47 plane was part of U.S. so-called ferret flights that probed Russian radar fences in the Pacific area. The U.S. rejected Khrushchev's remarks, calling it as a misinterpretation of facts.

The article focuses on the missile program of the U.S. It states that as the Soviets started to test-fire its five intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), the U.S. conducted test-fires on the ICBM Atlas of the Air Force, which is made from liquid oxygen and kerosene. It mentions that the Air Force commenced the development of intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) Thor at an earlier schedule. The U.S. Navy is also working on its Lockheed Polaris, which is designed against submarines.

The article discusses the involvement of the Soviet Union in the Egyptian war of attrition following President Gamal Abdel Nasser's secret trip to Soviet in January 1969. It focuses on the details of Soviet's intervention and military buildup in the region including increasing the number of Soviet military men and technicians in Egypt. It discusses the use of Russian equipment like MIG-21j interceptors and SA3 missiles in Egyptians fights with Israelis, and the trade between Soviet Union and Egypt.

The article presents information on the occurrence of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its satellite states in 1950. A U.S. Navy Privateer was assigned by the U.S. government to fly a navigation training flight to Copenhagen, Denmark. The airplane did not return and the U.S. charged that Russians were responsible for such occurrence.

Reports on concerns over a possible conversion of the Soviets' anti-aircraft defense missile systems into anti-ballistic missile systems (ABMs). Possible impact on the U.S.; Technology requirements; Problems with the system; Why many of the site locations are not suited for missile defense; Information on the U.S. Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle programs; Necessary features of an ABM system, including high-powered, highly complex radars.

The article focuses on the capability of the U.S. to watch on the size, power and other significant characteristics of missile tests in Moscow, Russia being confident that the city was not cheating under the terms of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II. Stansfield Turner, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), notes the inability of the U.S. to fully replace the CIA listening post lost in Iran until 1984. However, Defense Secretary Harold Brown mentions the potential of the U.S. to have sufficient capability to verify Soviet Union's compliance with the provisions of SALT II. The move of the U.S. to employ non-technical means as having secret agents in the Soviet and using Moscow-based diplomats for the scrutiny of the weaponry paraded through Red Square is cited.

The article discusses the alleged compliance of the Soviet Union regarding the practice of Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), according to the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. It mentions that the Soviet Union had complied with the SALT in the five years of monitoring, says Carter's administration. However, it states that the Russians have underhandedly violated the old SALT agreement and cannot be trusted to keep a new one, according to former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird.

The article focuses on the fallen Soviet nuclear-powered space satellite Cosmos 954. It notes that the findings confirmed the claim of scientists that parts of the Russian satellite had survived the blazing entry into atmosphere and fell in a shotgun-manner over at least 200 miles in Canada. It says that even a small part is emitting enough radiation that can kill anyone whose holding it for two hours. It says that as the retrieval operation code-named Operation Morning Light continues, Canadian paratroopers set up a camp to prevent wandering Eskimos from being exposed to the radiation and protect the pieces until analyzed by Western military experts. In February 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter implies that space satellites must be installed with much more advanced safety precautions.

The article focuses on the comparison between the advantage and disadvantages of B-1 and B-52 bombers for reaching Soviet Union targets during nuclear war. It states that B-1 bombers are better to use than B-52 to penetrate Soviet Union defenses as it can fly low, with speed of 1,800 miles per hour (mph) and have a black-box gear, which can counteract warning systems. However, it says that B-1 bombers cost 102 million dollars and may become obsolete when new defensive weapons like radars have been developed by Soviets. Meanwhile, it mentions that B-52 is better to use as standoff bombers for delivering cruise missiles within target ranges. It adds that despite being cost effective, U.S. Air Forces claims that B-52 has disadvantages such as being too old and prone for metal fatigue.

The article focuses on the radio beam signal which is believed that it has been produced by the Soviet military radar station situated near Kiev, Ukraine. It mentions that various short-wave radio operators throughout the U.S. and Europe were disturbed by the signal, in which other radio operators compare the signal's sound to the buzz saw. It states that the radar station is included in the effort of Soviet Union to create long distance radar wherein it could have a signal that is more powerful than the other civilian radio stations. It says that the radar station called "Ivan the Terrible" ranges throughout the short-wave radio band while its directional beam covers the northern Europe. Moreover, it adds that various radio operators express their complaints concerning the signal.

The article offers information on the deadly Russian ammunitions and military technology from Soviet Union. Accordingly, these deadly weapons have been used by the Middle East against Israel which caused the lost of military aircrafts and war tanks in the country. Furthermore, it also cites the Russian-made SA-6 missiles which caused the destruction of the American-made A-4E Skyhawks and F-4E Phantoms of Israel during the war happened in Sinai in 1969-1970.

The article focuses on the launch of the satellites which were used in monitoring both the Argentine and British military movements. The Soviet Union's satellite was considered to have shorter life span compared to the satellites launched by the U.S. Great Britain was able to benefit from the U.S. satellite intelligence through the surveillance report.

The article offers information on the arrest of William Holden Bell, engineer and Marian Zacharski, executive by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for providing secret passwords, aircraft information to the Soviet Union. It mentions that they were involved in several illegal operations for the Polish Intelligent Service. Bell confessed that he used to record important information of aircraft radars and weapons systems.

The article focuses on the radar signature analysis (RSA), a technique used by the U.S. Air Force scientists in detecting foreign satellites. It says that the RSA enabled scientists to reconstruct the features of a satellite from a foreign nation, wherein radar pulse patterns were being examined. Meanwhile, through the refinement of the technique and equipment of RSA, analysts were able to make more advanced determinations regarding the intercontinental ballistic missiles and Soviet spacecraft.

The article focuses on the chasing made by Russian trawler Gidrofon to U.S.S. Conserver, one of the Seven Fleet's ships of the U.S. Navy, at the Tonkin Gulf. It states that the Russian spies were equipped with electronic gear which was used in watching U.S. air operations. It mentions that Russian showed their presence in the gulf by raising the flag of the Soviet hydrographic office. It adds that Gidrofon left the gulf when the Ampermetr trawler appeared at the Yankee station.

The article reports on the Soviet presence in Cuba which was confirmed by "London Daily Mail" journalist Keith Morfett who got an eyewitness description of the build-up. It states that Soviet Union and several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries were pouring into Cuba carrying military equipment and soldiers. It details Morfett's discovery and mentions Soviet's Nikita Khrushchev, who was requested by the Cuban government for armament delivery.

The looks at the methods used to detect the nuclear tests administrated by Soviet Union. It explains that the atmospheric tests by the Russians are difficult to conceal since it can be detected in several ways such as the use of radio receivers to generate pulses of energy, radars to detect radiation of nuclear explosions, and microbarographs for recording atmospheric pressure. The use of underground nuclear tests to conceal explosions and the purpose of the Russian tests are also discussed.

The article reports on the first public flypast of the Soviet Air Force in Soviet Union in 1961. More than 100,000 viewers, which include Cold War leader for the Soviet Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, squinted into the sky as one new plane after another moved into view. Among the most startling was the Bounder, a big delta-wing bomber with two outsized jet engines assembled on the wingtips.

The article reports on the armed forces of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) that could match against the U.S. It states that the hundreds of 800-mile Russian intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) firings have been counted by the U.S. radar stations in Turkey compared to 30-40 U.S. IRBM firings. It says that the capability of military machine of Russia is geared for defense, including the submarine, air fleet and missiles.

The article reports on the setbacks in Soviet Union's space programs which involves the space station Salyut 2. It mentions that the Russians orbited an unmanned spacecraft that was identified as Cosmos 557 but was later found out to be a Soyuz spacecraft. The Russian government made efforts to beat the largest U.S. Skylab into earth's orbit. According to Western radar trackers, the space station began spinning uncontrollably leading to its destruction.

The article focuses on the efforts of the Soviet scientists to launched 10 missions to Venus which are expected to land instrumented packages on the planet's surface with the use of Venera 8. It says that based on the observations gathered by Venera, the chemical composition of the part of the Venus' surface is similar to the earth's. It adds that Venera had confirmed the earlier observations of the U.S. missions which indicate that the temperature on surface of the planet is nearly 880 degree.

The article reports on the resumption of military supplies to Egypt by the Soviet Union to protect itself the former from Israeli airstrikes. The military hardwares supplied includes MIG-23 and Su-11 fighter aircrafts, SA-4 ground to air missiles and P-15 radar systems. It compares the present situation in Middle east to Spanish Civil War where the bigger military powers are supplying arms to test their efficiency.

The article offers information on the growing military role of Soviet Union in Egypt. As stated, hundreds of Russian pilots and MIGs with dozens of sophisticated Soviet-manned SA3 missiles have largely relieved Egypt of the burden of defending its own skies, enabling Cairo, Egypt to devote all its offensive attention to Israel. It also discusses the request of Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban to the U.S. for renewing 25 Phantom jets and 100 Skyhawks to protect Soviet threat in Egypt.

Reports on the construction of the Large Phased Array Radar in Soviet Union. Alleged violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; Use of the radar for tracking ballistic missiles; Reasons for the construction of the Krasnoyarsk radar; Modernization of early warning radars of the United States.

Presents questions and answers on the separate nuclear strategy of Soviet Union and the U.S. Objectives of the anti-ballistic missile treaty; Function of the Krasnoyarsk radar.

Examines the impact of the Krasnoyarsk radar facility on the integrity of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Claim by the U.S. on the violation of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I designed to reduce inventory of nuclear weapons; Increase of Soviet nuclear arsenal by 80 percent since the treaty; Technical description of the radar's violation; Claim on the absence of any effect of the dismantling of the radar on the treaty.