Ep.220 – Over Cold War Seas with Mike Napier

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In this episode, we invite Mike Napier back to talk about his latest book ‘Over Cold War Seas – NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89’ – a fascinating review of Cold War naval aviation.

Tu-16 Badger in 1983 (Copyright-NARA)

Mike shares his approach to the topic, explains the evolution of naval technology and how the conflicting Cold War scenarios lead to new evolving aviation developments.

And of course there are aircraft galore. Some new, some well known and some not so well known or successful, predominantly in the northern hemisphere.

F-4J of VF-102 1980 (Copyright NARA)

Recorded 8^th May 2025

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F-14A escorts Tu-95 Bear D (Copyright NARA)

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