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BOMARC Bad, Avro Good?
More Details: BOMARC Bad, Avro Good?What if everything you thought you knew about the Avro Arrow’s cancellation was only half the story? In Episode 20 of The Rum Ration, we revisit Canada’s most controversial Cold War decision—but this time, through a different lens. Dr. Sean Maloney, military historian and Cold War expert, joins us to dig into the lesser-known truths…
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“A House of Dynamite” – A Review
More Details: “A House of Dynamite” – A ReviewA House of Dynamite is an attempt to bring the Cold War-era nuclear crisis procedural film into our new Cool War era. That genre consists of the canonical Dr. Strangelove film and now play; FAIL-SAFE and its live made-for TV remake; the TV miniseries World War III; and the important but buried under immediate post-Cold War debris, By Dawn’s Early Light. Any…
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Professor: Moscow wants to convince us that responding to actions will lead to nuclear war
More Details: Professor: Moscow wants to convince us that responding to actions will lead to nuclear warDiscussions on how to respond to Russian provocations and incidents in the grey zone in the West have been paralyzed by the belief that any confrontation with Moscow would dangerously escalate the situation and lead to nuclear war. Russian information operations and threats by officials are precisely aimed at this, but NATO must retaliate against…
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Under the radar: The possible link between U.S. Baltic security cuts and airspace incursions
More Details: Under the radar: The possible link between U.S. Baltic security cuts and airspace incursionsSome things fly underneath the radar, both figuratively and literally. A Canadian expert on Russian warfare says he believes a direct line can be drawn between Moscow’s repeated testing of the airspace belonging to NATO allies in Eastern Europe and the Pentagon’s recent, quietly announced plan to cut security assistance to the Baltic states. Sean…
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Russian Nuclear Forces Movements, the Trump Accession, and NORAD: January-April 2025
More Details: Russian Nuclear Forces Movements, the Trump Accession, and NORAD: January-April 2025On five occasions between January and April 2025, Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear-tipped cruise missiles conducted operations adjacent to, or inside, the Air Defence Identification Zones north of Canada and the United States. The increased frequency of Russian LongRange Aviation operations in the Arctic coupled with four Russian Strategic Missile Force communications checks followed…
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Dr. Maloney awarded the Air Power History Book Prize
More Details: Dr. Maloney awarded the Air Power History Book PrizeDr. Sean M. Maloney is a Professor of History at Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Historical Advisor to the Chief of the Land Staff during the war in Afghanistan. He previously served as the historian for 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade, the Canadian Army’s primary Cold War NATO commitment after the re-unification…