Monday, February 15, 2010

30 Years Later An Admission From The U.S. In Trying To Retrieve A Sunken Soviet Sub

Hughes Glomar Explorer (Photo from WP3.the-KGB.com)

US Admits Salvaging Sunken Soviet Submarine -- The Telegraph

The American government has finally revealed details of a secret mission to raise a sunken Soviet submarine.

The admission ends more than 30 years of silence over one of the most elaborate and expensive projects of the Cold War.

The CIA has always refused to confirm even the barest details of Project Azorian, a daring 1974 exercise that was backed by the industrialist Howard Hughes and estimated to have cost £1 billion in today's money.

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My Comment:
An admission on something that everyone already knew .... but still no details on what was retrieved.

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