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Military

The threat of nuclear war looms over the invasion of Ukraine (Credit: Diego Herrera/Getty Images)
Nuclear

What is the risk of nuclear war?

By Seth Baum

In the wake of the Aum Shinrikyo attack (Credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/Getty Images)
Comment & Analysis
Why 'Agents of Doom' threaten the world
By Luke Kemp
A nuclear training exercise at Volk air base (Credit: Alamy)
Nuclear
The mistakes that nearly caused WW3
By Zaria Gorvett
Soviet soldiers participate in a military exercise in the early 1980s (Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth
The war game that almost caused WWIII
By Richard Hollingham
A MiG-15 at an air show (Credit: Alamy)
Military
MiG: The USSR's most feared warplanes
Future
Elizebeth Friedman (Credit: SPL)
In Depth
The untold tales of code-breaking women
By Chris Baraniuk
(Credit: Alamy)
Britain
Inside a secret wind tunnel
Future
Volunteers have recreated what one train coming up the tunnel would have looked like here (Credit: Amanda Ruggeri)
Britain
The UK’s hidden underground ‘fortress’
By Amanda Ruggeri
As part of the scenario training, role-playing instructors fire blanks from firearms to simulate a possible emergency situation (Credit: Chris Baraniuk)
In Depth
Who guards nuclear plants from attacks?
By Chris Baraniuk
Nestled in the foothills of the Cairngorms, Drumintoul Lodge seems a surprising location for a World War Two commando school (Credit: Alamy)
Britain
The Scottish school for secret agents
By Amanda Ruggeri
(Credit: William Park)
Britain
The secret ‘shadow factories’ of WWII
By William Park
One of the 15,000 Nazi bunkers built from the Spanish border to northern Norway - an extensive line of coastal defences known as the 'Atlantikwall' (Credit: Jason Guilbeau)
Military
The surprising beauty of WWII bunkers
By Olivia Howitt / Images by Jason Guilbeau
(Credit: Science Museum/SSPL)
Britain
How a bloody war eventually saved lives
By Amanda Ruggeri
(Credit: Kiyoshi Takahase Segundo/Alamy)
Britain
The case for looking for UFOs
By Nick Pope
Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi defence secretary when he first contacted Bull (Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth
The tragic tale of Saddam's 'supergun'
By William Park
(Credit: BBCW)
Britain
The ‘alien’ forts off Britain's coast
Future