jan 1, 1974 - Project Azorian
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The US spends over $800 million dollars ($4 billion today) on Project Azorian, an operation to acquire nuclear technology and codebooks from a sunken Soviet submarine in the Pacific Ocean. 1/3 of the ship was recovered, but the rest was lost due to a mechanical issue with the grapple.
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Cold War: Spies and the Secret War
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