K-129 was a Project 629A (Russian: проект 629А, proyekt 629A; NATO reporting name Golf II–class) diesel-electric-powered ballistic-missile submarine that served in the Pacific Fleet of …

Feb 28, 2023 · In March 1968, one of the Soviet Union’s most powerful vessels, a diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine carrying one megaton nuclear weapons, suddenly sank in the …

Sep 16, 2017 · In 1968 — the middle of the Cold War — the Soviet submarine K-129 disappeared, taking with it its 98-member crew, three nuclear ballistic missiles and a tempting …

Their attention was focused on a 40-foot black cylindrical form: the forward section of the Soviet submarine K-129, retrieved from a depth of 16,500 feet off the floor of the Pacific Ocean, some …

5 days ago · The K-129 was snorkeling about 20 hours each day, although I believe she stayed at a shallower depth to reduce head valve cycling. Her engines and snorkel system were getting …

Feb 20, 2015 · The following discussions provide the basis for the assessment that a battery explosion was involved in the loss of the GOLF II Class Soviet SSB K-129 on 11 March 1968.

In late 1974 the Soviets thus revealed their knowledge of the U.S. intelligence community’s attempt to raise the K-129, which had sunk in the mid-Pacific at midnight on 11–12 March 1968.

Nov 30, 2017 · Discover the unbelievable story of Project Azorian, the CIA's Cold War effort to steal the K-129 nuclear submarine that the Soviets had lost. Have you ever watched an …

Sep 21, 2024 · K-129 was a project 629A (NATO reporting name Golf-II) diesel-electric powered submarine of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic missile …

Project 629A submarines were classified as ballistic missile submarines and carried with them nuclear warheads. K129 was based out of Rybachiy Naval Base in the Russian Kamchatka …