
Ebook: The taking of K-129: how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history
- Tags: Sous-marins--Accidents--URSS, Livres numériques, Biography, K-129 (Sous-marin), Glomar Explorer (Navire), URSS. -- Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot -- Forces sous-marines -- Histoire, États-Unis. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Histoire, Sous-marins -- Accidents -- URSS
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- City: New York
- Language: English
- epub
An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America's most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.
In the early hours of February 25, 1968, a Russian submarine armed with three nuclear ballistic missiles set sail from its base in 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 using sophisticated deep-sea spy equipment found it—wrecked on the sea floor at a depth of 16,800 feet, far beyond the capabilities of any salvage that existed. But the potential intelligence assets onboard the ship—the nuclear warheads,...
In the early hours of February 25, 1968, a Russian submarine armed with three nuclear ballistic missiles set sail from its base in 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 using sophisticated deep-sea spy equipment found it—wrecked on the sea floor at a depth of 16,800 feet, far beyond the capabilities of any salvage that existed. But the potential intelligence assets onboard the ship—the nuclear warheads,...
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