The Soviet Nuclear Battle Mole

During the Cold War arms race, both the US and USSR were testing top-secret, cutting-edge technologies that seemed beyond belief to deliver nuclear warheads effectively to the other side.


The Soviet Nuclear Battle Mole: An Underground Cold War Battleship
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The goal was to strike as quickly, quietly, and as devastatingly as possible. To accomplish this, in 1964 the Soviets began developing an audacious plan that turned their focus to a most unlikely place.


While US attention was trained upwards towards aerial superiority, the USSR would instead target the ground beneath their feet.


Underground, in fact… with a brand-new experimental vehicle nicknamed the “Battle Mole.”