The bonkers plan looked at ways to stop the Earth's rotation so that Soviet nuclear missiles would miss their targets.
British entrepreneur William Sachiti has been looking for a way to restore the facility to full working order.
New details have emerged of a peculiar Cold War-era phenomenon associated with Soviet missile launches.
Newly declassified CIA documents have revealed details of a secretive Cold War spy drone that looked like a bird.
Newly released documents have revealed how the CIA used birds and other animals during the Cold War.
Back in the 1950s, scientists in the UK developed a nuclear mine that required live chickens to work properly.
Former Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov made a decision in 1983 that may have saved the world.
A diver believes that he may have discovered a missing nuclear weapon at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
A secret US facility hidden beneath the ice is believed to contain significant amounts of nuclear waste.
The United States once planned to build an orbiting outpost to help gather intelligence about the USSR.
Several newly declassified documents have lifted the lid on Area 51 and the struggle to keep it a secret.
During the Cold War the United States considered lanching and detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon.
The former British Prime Minister was the target of an assassination plot during the Cold War.