The Claw in the Deep

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The incredible true story of how the CIA built a giant claw to steal a Soviet nuclear submarine from the bottom of the ocean.
"The Claw in the Deep – The CIA's secret plot to steal a sunken Soviet submarine" tells the story of Project Azorian, the most expensive and audacious heist in history. In 1968, a Soviet nuclear submarine (K-129) sank in the Pacific. The Soviets couldn't find it, but the Americans did. The CIA decided to lift the 2,000-ton wreck from the ocean floor, 3 miles down, to steal its codebooks and nuclear missiles. Historian Julian Depth explains the cover story: The CIA asked eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes to build a massive ship, the Glomar Explorer, ostensibly for "mining manganese nodules." In reality, the ship housed a giant mechanical claw hidden in a moon pool. "The Claw in the Deep" chronicles the engineering marvels and the tense operation in 1974. Although the claw broke and they only recovered part of the sub, the mission remains a legend of Cold War engineering and deception.

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