Inside the CIA’s Most Daring Underwater Heist: Stealing a Soviet Nuclear Sub From the Ocean Floor

Hughes was going to do the unthinkable with it: mine manganese nodules right from the ocean floor. So, when the Glomar sailed ...
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A Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine Sank 16,500 Feet Down: The CIA Salvaged Part of It

Key Points and Submarine - In 1968, the Soviet ballistic-missile submarine K-129 sank in the Pacific, prompting the CIA’s ultra-secret Project Azorian. -Using Howard Hughes’ purpose-built Glomar ...