Originally Posted by RocHard

Hell yes. I"ve read the book "Red Star Rogue" by Kenneth Sewell and Clint Richmond. Pretty scary stuff.

If I recall correctly, K-129 came off a tour and was expected to be in port for a few months but was suddenly recalled for an "important mission" on short notice. Also there were 12 "extra" crewmen on board who had no offical duties.

The scariest part is that this was a Russian Golf II sub, but was attempting a nuke launch on the surface - making it look like an earlier Golf I sub. China had recently taken delivery of a handful of Russian Golf 1 subs, the the story goes that the Russian sub was trying to "act" like a Chinese Golf 1 sub. In other words, Russa would have nuked Hawaii, blamed it on China, and hoped that the US and China ended up at war. Cleaver bastards (if any of this is true).

When you think about it, we are all very lucky to be alive.