(05-11-2023, 06:36 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Thread resurrection.

I just finished The Taking of K-129. It's about project Azorian. In the early 70s the CIA designed and constructed a huge ship to raise a sunken Soviet sub from nearly 3 miles down in the Pacific Ocean. It was only partially successful when part of the apparatus used to grapple the sub broke apart only 3000 feet from the surface. They were able to recover only about a third of the sub. 

I saw this on part of a documentary a few years ago and it was absolutely fascinating. Most of the details and footage is, and you would have thought, likely to remain highly classified. 

There seems to be at least a train of thought that they retrieved more of the critical parts of the sub than they ever let on to the soviets ... However, they eventually had to 'trade' information about what they had recovered and the sailors that were inside As they were keen on finding out what the Russians knew about 'lost Vietnam vet's in exchange! As you say though ... A remarkable feat!

When it comes to books I've been reading a considerable amount on our local history here which I'm sure would be of no interest to anyone, couple of books on how the locals took to the mountains to repulse the Normans after 1066, Wainwrights guides to the lake district,

However, in terms of stuff people may have heard of I've also recently finished reading some of the collections of first world war poetry from Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, before that I read a couple of dissertations on the jfk and mlk assassinations and on a more light entertaining bent ... from time to time I always come back to the Flashman novels and the 'complete mcauslan' short stories! Written by a lad from our parish, a work of brilliance and still make me laugh every time!

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