The CIA Built a Fake Mining Ship to Steal a Soviet Submarine

The CIA once tried to steal a Soviet submarine from the bottom of the ocean. Not in a movie. In real life. After Soviet submarine K-129 vanished in the Pacific, the United States secretly found the wreck and launched Project Azorian — an impossible Cold War mission involving Howard Hughes, a fake deep-sea mining ship, and a giant mechanical claw. But when the recovery began, disaster struck in the deep. This is the story of one of the most ambitious spy operations in history. #ProjectAzorian #CIA #ColdWar #SovietSubmarine #History #SpyStory #MilitaryHistory #DeepSea #HughesGlomarExplorer #TrueStory