In the wake of the Soviet Union's dissolution, the world found itself navigating the murky waters of a new geopolitical era. Amidst this uncertainty, on February 11, 1992, an underwater clash underscored the lingering mutual suspicions between the world's former Cold War adversaries. The USS Baton Rouge, a nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine, collided with…
Once upon a time, in October of 1952, a cold fall brought a newborn son, Vlad the Lad, to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia). Vlad the Impaler was Romanian, and