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Look Out Above! Russia May Target U.S. Sats With Laser Jet

06-14-2011 • http://www.wired.com/

Back in the early 80s, Soviet engineers began outfitting an Ilyushin-76 jet with a laser cannon. Two models of the “Falcon-Echelon” planes were flown — presumably as counterweights to U.S. efforts to construct a fleet of missile-zapping jets.

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Russian Spy Ring Included Anna Chapman, Who Was Busted: Pictures

06-29-2010 • Mondo Frazier

Meet Russian spy and femme fatale, Anna Chapman. Some may argue that she was well-endowed by nature. Be that as it may, after her arrest this week, it’s for sure she’s busted.

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Reagan admin ‘hyped Soviet failures into threats,’ documents show

04-30-2010 •

In its efforts to keep Congress funding huge military budgets in the 1980s, the Reagan administration exaggerated the threat from the Soviet Union's military projects, newly published documents show. [The same for "terrorism" today? Nah.]