AZORIAN The Raising of the K-129 - TRAILER

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In March 1968 the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 carrying three of the most modern submarine-launched missiles then in the Soviet inventory, each with a one-megaton thermo-nuclear warhead, sank with the tragic loss of its 98 officers and crew in the dark abyss of the Central North Pacific.

Its whereabouts remained unknown to the Soviets for over six years but the
U.S. Air Forces AFTAC had located it within weeks of its demise. For U.S.
Intelligence, here lay a cornucopia of Soviet naval missile technology and a
potential intelligence coup of the highest magnitude!

Under the guise of a Howard Hughes enterprise the U.S. Government and CIA crafted a secret program of unparalleled imagination and engineering to raise the K-129 in 1974. This clandestine effort code-named Azorian to obtain an
intelligence coup at the height of the Cold War would take over six years to complete and still remains highly classified even today.

But now after more than three decades of secrecy, this incredible story can
finally be told, by the men who were there that made it happen together with amazing computer graphic reconstruction, original film footage of Azorian´s actual salvage attempt and new documentary evidence relating to the projects successes and failures, in the Raising of the K-129.

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[dLimboStick]

My dad worked on this project, for Lockheed in Redwood city. Don't know his exact involvement. He was a manager. I remember touring the site and him talking about the huge crane they used. We also used to go fishing with Mr "Tex" Bean out of Pete's harbor in Redwood city, whose rigging company provided the crane and expertise with heavy lift operations. We used to float past the barge every time. Great memories. Very proud of Dad for this project, P-38, Polaris, F-104, many others. RIP Dad.

[compaq2441]

I see the spelling police are in effect.

[Игорь Вдовин]

Этот проект подъёма лодки достоин восхищения.

[Игорь Вдовин]

Гриф "секретно" стал эпитафией погибшим советским морякам. Очень жаль. Соболезнование родным и вечная память морякам...

[franc1980franc]

Wrong. Total cost: 500 mil dolars. When the Glomar Explorer came to the Golf submerine, russians knew his position. They also "watched" the first movement at see of the US ship. But no one russian ship was there when the Golf was lifted. Excuse my poor english.

[firefightergoggie]

I heard they found Usama Bin Laden's birth certificate amongst the wreckage

[bottle2lip]

wish this was on youtube, might check library or torrents..looks interesting..

[Hector Salgado]

I read this ship was stationed in Chile on September 11, 1973 the day of the CIA backed military coup against President Salvador Allende. It makes sense if they needed to do a test. It's also known US submarines transported navy seal cover operatives to participate in the coup.

[Tristan Ijan]

K-129 is a ballistic missile submarine and it went roque and sank

[Chris17psi]

The giant gimbal system, that was designed to handle the separate axial loads while being lowered/raised, was stunningly massive and impressive just by itself. Pictures/Videos of this and EVERYTHING ELSE is in this film. BTW, the bearings/race for the gimbal were 6 ft. in diameter. Everything pertaining to this job was just stupid huge...you have GOT to watch this film.

[Chris17psi]

JUST WATCHED THIS DOCUMENTARY ON NETFLIX STREAMING: THIS IS A MUST SEE!!! What an unbelievable undertaking—I learned that the TOTAL weight being lifted up (once the Claw had K-129 in it's grasp) was in excess of 10,000 TONS. Millions of lbs. had to be lifted from the seafloor over 3 miles down—all while the Glomar Explorer was pitching up and down in the sea.