The taking of K-129Josh Dean
The taking of K-129
by Josh Dean · first published 2017
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A true story of Cold War espionage and engineering reveals how the CIA and the U.S. Navy, using the involvement of Howard Hughes as a cover story, spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine after it sank in the Pacific Ocean. "In the early hours of February 25, 1968, Russian nuclear-armed submarine K-129 left Siberia on a routine combat patrol to Hawaii. Then it vanished. As the Soviet Navy searched in vain for the lost vessel, a small, highly classified American operation found it--wrecked at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The sub lay three miles
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I'd also recommend the book The taking of k-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean.
on “Project AZORIAN” ↗The taking of k-129 by Josh Dean is a good overview of Project Azorian.
on “Virtual Tour of the Hughes Mining Barge and Sea Shadow” ↗If you find this interesting, I highly recommend reading "The Taking of K-129"[1], which tells the story of a CIA project to lift a damaged Russian sub off the deep-ocean floor in the early 70's. It's a really great engineering and project management story. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XVHYDPR
on “Heavy-lift ship lifts entire cruise liner out of the water [video]” ↗It's called need to know: If you read "Taking of K-129" - about a related - but even more secret op, you'll find countless examples of individual contractors who had to be fully cleared into the program because they were smart enough to "connect the dots".…
on “Operation Ivy Bells” ↗