Project Azorian: The CIA’s Audacious Grab for a Sunken Soviet Sub
by Austin Lee It was one of the ballsiest clandestine ops in history: Project Azorian, the CIA mission to snatch a Soviet submarine from the Pacific Ocean’s crushing depths. The haul from the Golf-II-class K-129 was a priceless score for the Americans. The mission also prompted a rare act of Cold War brotherhood, and spawned …