The highly classified Doomsday weapons that agents on both sides of the Iron Curtain once risked their lives to protect.

Military expert Bill Yenne reveals the sophisticated weaponry that would have launched Armageddon if the Cold War had turned hot--weapons so closely guarded that people would kill to learn their secrets.

Go behind the Curtain:

- SAC--the secret weapon that prevented World War III
- Spy satellites and spy planes
- Stealth aircraft and submarines
- Ballistic and cruise missiles
- The Strategic Triad of MAD--Mutual Assured Destruction
- Human warriors on the battlefield of outer space--the Cold War in orbit
- "Star Wars"--the controversial weapons system that ended the Cold War
- And much more