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Ah, you beat me to referencing the book! The Soviets discovered one of these Sea of Okhotsk tap pods, and interestingly enough it had printed on it "Property of
by otp124 8y ago
Ah, you beat me to referencing the book! The Soviets discovered one of these Sea of Okhotsk tap pods, and interestingly enough it had printed on it "Property of the United States Government".
More info here for those that don't want to read the book: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/us/a-tale-of-daring-american-submarine-espionage.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/us/a-tale-of-daring-ameri...
Edit: The pod ended up on display in the Ministry of Security's museum in Moscow.
- matthewmcg 8y agoGood article. And of course the obligatory Glomar[1] response from the Navy when asked for comment—“we can neither confirm nor deny.” That legal phrase has an interesting undersea pedigree as well.[2] [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_response https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_response [2]: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/18/549535352/how-the-cia-found-a-soviet-sub-without-the-soviets-knowing https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/18/549535352/...