https://www.scmp.com/rss/513299/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A weather balloon carrying a microfilm rises into the Arctic air. A Soviet Air Force MiG travelling at Mach 2 swoops in to ensnare it. But, gazing upwards from the ice into the freezing sky, Commander James Ferraday squeezes a remote trigger. The film capsule explodes, debris falls to the snow and the two armies facing each other across the frigid waste retreat into the blizzard. Admittedly this is the denouement to a 1968 movie starring Rock Hudson and Patrick McGoohan, rather than the Red Army... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3187795/cold-war-spy-satellite-race-between-us-and-ussr?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3187795/cold-war-spy-satellite-race-between-us-and-ussr?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:15:11 +0000