Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .
Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
What an idiot.
Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
What an idiot.
September 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .
Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
What an idiot.
Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
What an idiot.
History Lesson:
The Soviet Union built Bagram Airbase back in the 1950’s.
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The Soviet Union built Bagram Airbase back in the 1950’s.
🙄🙄🙄
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
History Lesson:
The Soviet Union built Bagram Airbase back in the 1950’s.
🙄🙄🙄
The Soviet Union built Bagram Airbase back in the 1950’s.
🙄🙄🙄
The privatization of Soviet industries is exactly how Putin built his power.
Public services should not be privatized.
Full stop.
Public services should not be privatized.
Full stop.
March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The privatization of Soviet industries is exactly how Putin built his power.
Public services should not be privatized.
Full stop.
Public services should not be privatized.
Full stop.
Sanatorium “Ukraine”, Haspra (Crimea) — Unfinished Soviet-era concrete wing, built in the 1990s r/brutalism
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sanatorium “Ukraine”, Haspra (Crimea) — Unfinished Soviet-era concrete wing, built in the 1990s r/brutalism
Communism built!
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Communism built!
Ummm, Bagram was originally built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
September 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ummm, Bagram was originally built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
Sky over Kyiv now
and a view of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
Built in 1108-1113.
Blown up by the Soviet regime in 1937.
Restored in the 1990s.
and a view of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
Built in 1108-1113.
Blown up by the Soviet regime in 1937.
Restored in the 1990s.
June 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Sky over Kyiv now
and a view of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
Built in 1108-1113.
Blown up by the Soviet regime in 1937.
Restored in the 1990s.
and a view of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
Built in 1108-1113.
Blown up by the Soviet regime in 1937.
Restored in the 1990s.
It took him two years to destroy everything America has built since 1945—a goal that Soviet leaders dreamed of for decades
September 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It took him two years to destroy everything America has built since 1945—a goal that Soviet leaders dreamed of for decades
Forbes: Ukraine repurposes Soviet air-to-air missiles for ground-based defense
Ukraine has modified Soviet-era R-73 missiles for ground launch from multiple platforms, including British-built Gravehawks and modified Osa launchers.
Ukraine has modified Soviet-era R-73 missiles for ground launch from multiple platforms, including British-built Gravehawks and modified Osa launchers.
Forbes: Ukraine repurposes Soviet air-to-air missiles for ground-based defense
Ukraine has modified Soviet-era R-73 missiles for ground launch from multiple platforms, including British-built Gravehawks and modified Osa launchers.
euromaidanpress.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Forbes: Ukraine repurposes Soviet air-to-air missiles for ground-based defense
Ukraine has modified Soviet-era R-73 missiles for ground launch from multiple platforms, including British-built Gravehawks and modified Osa launchers.
Ukraine has modified Soviet-era R-73 missiles for ground launch from multiple platforms, including British-built Gravehawks and modified Osa launchers.
Men only want one thing, and it’s to use the purpose-built vessel Hughes Glomar Explorer to raise the wreck of Soviet nuclear submarine K-129
Men only want one thing, and it’s to sink a Spanish frigate with their drastically outgunned sloop
May 18, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Men only want one thing, and it’s to use the purpose-built vessel Hughes Glomar Explorer to raise the wreck of Soviet nuclear submarine K-129
Who’s up thinking about the round apartment buildings in Moscow built during the era of the Soviet Union
August 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Who’s up thinking about the round apartment buildings in Moscow built during the era of the Soviet Union
like the whole thing is that the soviets have built an undetectable submarine. meanwhile uss dallas instantly detects it--literally from the minute it is activated--while lurking just off the soviet coast, totally undetected by the soviet navy
March 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
like the whole thing is that the soviets have built an undetectable submarine. meanwhile uss dallas instantly detects it--literally from the minute it is activated--while lurking just off the soviet coast, totally undetected by the soviet navy
It says something about Putin's Russia that these Soviet era aircraft can no longer be built.
September 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It says something about Putin's Russia that these Soviet era aircraft can no longer be built.
Bagram airfield was built by the Soviet Union. Is the Taliban gonna call up Nikita Khrushchev?
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bagram airfield was built by the Soviet Union. Is the Taliban gonna call up Nikita Khrushchev?
Trump says Afghanistan must give "Bagram Airbase back to those that built it." Interesting, considering who built it.
![In the 1950s, Bagram airfield was originally built by the Soviet Union[11] during the early period of the Cold War, at a time when the United States and the neighboring Soviet Union were spreading political influence in Afghanistan. While the United States was focusing on Afghanistan, the Soviets were strengthening ties with Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba. In 1959, a year after Afghan Prime Minister Daud Khan toured the United States, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower landed at Bagram Airfield where he was greeted by King Zahir Shah and Daud Khan among other Afghan officials.[12][13]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreigjap3srww3duqfrgbt2ixx3gnvaceh7gr3sburif3lt3pltjeymi)
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump says Afghanistan must give "Bagram Airbase back to those that built it." Interesting, considering who built it.
A highway pass along the closed Pyongyang-Seoul motorway, built in classic Soviet Brutalism r/brutalism
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A highway pass along the closed Pyongyang-Seoul motorway, built in classic Soviet Brutalism r/brutalism
Since 1991, Russia hasn’t built new Tu-95 or Tu-22M3 bombers. A few were finished in the early 1990s, because production began in the Soviet era. Russia’s operational fleet of Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 totals around 70 - 90 aircraft. Losing even 10 would be a serious blow.
June 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Since 1991, Russia hasn’t built new Tu-95 or Tu-22M3 bombers. A few were finished in the early 1990s, because production began in the Soviet era. Russia’s operational fleet of Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 totals around 70 - 90 aircraft. Losing even 10 would be a serious blow.
Ukraine just built an air defense system that doesn't care what missile you feed it.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Ukraine just built an air defense system that doesn't care what missile you feed it.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
Sweden built the Gripen to survive Soviet bombers by flying from small & dirty highway strips. Designed for a war that never happened.
Ukraine wants 100 of them. Turns out Sweden was just 40 years early.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/g...
Ukraine wants 100 of them. Turns out Sweden was just 40 years early.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/g...
The Swedish jets Ukraine could get were built to survive Russia—and that’s the point
Gripen jets, designed to outlast Soviet bombers, work well from small, dirty runways—the Ukrainian way
euromaidanpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sweden built the Gripen to survive Soviet bombers by flying from small & dirty highway strips. Designed for a war that never happened.
Ukraine wants 100 of them. Turns out Sweden was just 40 years early.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/g...
Ukraine wants 100 of them. Turns out Sweden was just 40 years early.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/g...
Yes. The Soviet Union built Bagram in the 1950s and in 2001 the US and NATO took it over and modernized it.
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes. The Soviet Union built Bagram in the 1950s and in 2001 the US and NATO took it over and modernized it.
These planes are actually priceless, because Russia can't make them, all the remaining operational ones were built by Soviet Union.
June 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
These planes are actually priceless, because Russia can't make them, all the remaining operational ones were built by Soviet Union.
yeah this story feels seismic to me
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
March 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
yeah this story feels seismic to me
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
honestly incredible watching a superpower just destroy its own status like this, at least the Soviet Union was always built on sand
Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the 4 other members of the Five Eyes spy alliance—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—are reportedly examining whether to continue including America in international intelligence.
Trump’s Russia Obsession Just Cost the U.S. a Crucial Intel Tool
Donald Trump’s clear affection for Vladimir Putin has U.S. allies rethinking a few things.
newrepublic.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
honestly incredible watching a superpower just destroy its own status like this, at least the Soviet Union was always built on sand
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
this is a century-ending kind of development, should it come off
this is a century-ending kind of development, should it come off
March 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
the entire unipolar world, like the anti-Soviet sphere before it, is built on the ability of America to project power to any point on the map in defense of trade and global capitalism
this is a century-ending kind of development, should it come off
this is a century-ending kind of development, should it come off