Cold War I

Cold War II

Virginia SOLs in the following curriculum areas are supported by this program:
USII.7c; USII.8b
C/T 6-8.3; C/T 9-12.1; C/T 9-12.3
CE.4; CE.12

Following the Allied victory in World War II, advancing SIGINT capabilities were employed in another war, the “cold” one between the United States and the Soviet Union. A “New Cold War,” driven by a growing competition for the Earth’s limited petroleum and water reserves, has evolved since the fall of the communist Russia and the Berlin Wall.

Highlights

America’s first satellite program, codenamed CORONA
 
US codebreaking project targeting Soviet diplomatic traffic, codenamed VENONA
 
The Berlin Tunnel
 
Ship-based SIGINT stations, such as the USS Pueblo
 
Pysops commo programs, including Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and Alhurra
 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
 
Biomimicry, picosats, and nanosats (using nature and miniaturization for messaging)

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With the top-secret Venona program, US codebreakers were able to decrypt Soviet diplomatic traffic for almost 40 years.

Many of the translations proved KGB operatives had penetrated various departments of the federal government, including the White House.

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