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The taking of K-129, how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history, Josh Dean

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The taking of K-129

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how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history

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, battle orders, and cryptological machines—justified going to extreme lengths to find a way to raise the submarine. So began Project Azorian, a top-secret mission that took six years, cost an estimated $800 million, and would become the largest and most daring covert operation in CIA history

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How the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history