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12-13-18, 03:05 PM | #1 |
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"The search for the Titanic was a secret Cold War mission"
I apologize if this has been posted before. Just came across this video on Youtube, dated today.
Cheers.
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12-13-18, 03:31 PM | #2 |
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Nothing new really. It was always known that Ballard was on a US Navy mission and that that's how he got the chance to look for the Titanic.
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12-13-18, 07:29 PM | #3 |
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Pretty much. The Navy wanted him to take pictures and video of the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks and he got to look for the Titanic as a bonus.
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12-13-18, 07:38 PM | #4 |
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very cool story
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12-13-18, 09:56 PM | #5 |
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It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!
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12-14-18, 03:07 AM | #6 |
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My brother lost money on Global Marine bonds because it was just a cover for raising a Russian sub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
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12-14-18, 07:54 AM | #7 | |
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Quote:
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12-14-18, 08:09 AM | #8 |
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Indeed
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