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- 9781101984451
- Book Title
- Taking of K-129 : How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, True Crime, Transportation, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Intelligence & Espionage, Military / United States, General, Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines, Marine & Naval
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
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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, 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. After the U.S. Navy declared retrieving the sub "impossible," the mission fell to the CIA's burgeoning Directorate of Science and Technology, the little-known division responsible for the legendary U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes. Working with Global Marine Systems, the country's foremost maker of exotic, deep-sea drilling vessels, the CIA commissioned the most expensive ship ever built and told the world that it belonged to the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, who would use the mammoth ship to mine rare minerals from the ocean floor. In reality, a complex network of spies, scientists, and politicians attempted a project even crazier than Hughes's reputation: raising the sub directly under the watchful eyes of the Russians.
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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1101984457
ISBN-13
9781101984451
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242864328
Product Key Features
Book Title
Taking of K-129 : How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Intelligence & Espionage, Military / United States, General, Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines, Marine & Naval
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, True Crime, Transportation, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
456 Pages
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Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
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Lc Classification Number
Vb231.U54d43 2017
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-011991
Dewey Decimal
359.93834094709046
Dewey Edition
23
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