Sputnik 1 is undoubtedly one of the most important spacecraft in human history, as it represents the first artificial satellite to be placed in low-Earth orbit. The maneuver took place on October 4, 1957, which yesterday had its 54th anniversary.
The satellite was launched aboard a Sputnik rocket, from Site No.1/5... |
5 October 2011
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Supreme Ruler Cold War is the kind of complex strategy game that even I, a lover of such titles like Civilization, Europa Universalis and Total War, fear and, at times, struggle to understand.
The main campaign in the new Supreme Ruler actually aims to simulate as much as possible when it comes to the two main sup... |
4 August 2011
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The first Call of Duty impressed in the way it approached World War II. It had a grandeur and a surge of feelings which were scarce in video gaming at the moment. It was also sober about the horrors of war, which were depicted in a more lively manner than ever before. It was a game which took a historical period load... |
20 November 2010
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Treyarch, the developers of the Call of Duty: Black Ops first person shooter, are not interested in revisiting the World War II setting, which they last used in World at War and which the series has thoroughly exploited during its long history at publisher Activision.Josh Olin, who is the community manager working fo... |
30 August 2010
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Activision, as the publisher, and Infinity Ward, as the developer, are getting ready to release Modern Warfare 2 on November 10 for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC, and the title is expected to be one of the biggest successes for the company and one of the largest launches in videogaming history. But what ... |
6 November 2009
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A couple found dead in a car and no apparent cause of death are the main “headlines” of a new website, set up as part of her doctoral project by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology professor Rebecca Young. This isn't just any killing, but one rooted in mystery and dating back from the Cold War. I... |
19 March 2009
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A panel of US appeal judges ruled on Friday that the US government did not have to pay for the damage it had caused on two Pacific atolls, Bikini and Enewetak, places where the country ran an extensive nuclear testing program between 1946 and 1958, detonating more than 67 warheads. At the height of the Cold War, this... |
2 February 2009
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A number of British Army veterans, who served their country during the height of the Cold War, are now looking for compensations for a number of diseases they claim to have suffered on account of being exposed to atomic radiation without appropriate protective measures. They say that they had no idea what they were p... |
21 January 2009
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Well, its no secret that the investigation that led to the discovery of the wreck of RMS Titanic was a secret US Navy operation destined to gather information about two of its downed nuclear submarines. However this is the first time when the Navy agrees to disclose complete details regarding the circumstances of the... |
3 June 2008
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