Paul Dent

Co-founder @ Nuclear Companion. A history enthusiast since childhood, Paul has a lifelong interest in the subject of military history. His particular area of interest is nuclear warfare during the Cold War.

Recent Posts

Top 5 books about the F-82 Twin Mustang

If you are interested in reading some books on the F-82 Twin Mustang, you will be in trouble. In fact, you won't find a lot of books focusing entirely on it. But today I’m going to show my preferred list of books about this amazing aircraft…

Tupolev Tu-142MR: Inside Soviet Union’s TACAMO

In the 1960s the U.S. Navy started a program called TACAMO with a very important mission. It had to provide a survivable relay link with the fleet of ballistic submarines. Soon, the Soviet Union started its own effort that culminated in the Tu-142MR “Oryol” (Bear-j).
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