cold war

Braving the wilderness of Canada, two scientists trek unforgiving terrain to uncover a secret, nuclear powered Soviet-era spy satellite that crashed there decades ago.

The Yuzhmash factory let VICE News cameras inside for the first time.

VICE’s Abdullah Saeed, Danielle Neftin, and Dina Rayzman end their road trip in Semipalatinsk, where the effects of the Soviet Union's largest nuclear test site still linger.

VICE’s Abdullah Saeed, Danielle Neftin, and Dina Rayzman sample antler blood, a natural remedy said to protect the body from radiation, before they visit the Soviet Union's primary nuclear test site.

VICE’s Abdullah Saeed, Danielle Neftin, and Dina Rayzman take a road trip through Russia and into Kazakhstan to visit the "Polygon," one of the most radioactive places on Earth.

In this episode of Future Shock, Motherboard speaks to Steve De Jarnatt, writer and director of Miracle Mile, a "missiles in the air" doomsday sci-fi thriller from 1988 set in Los Angeles, as the country preps for nuclear annihilation.

VICE travels to east Ukraine to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like, as the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels.