Quote:
|
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.
|
Makes sense, there was a guy outside the sub in fireboots, which would go along with a surface launch.
And then the russian navy constrained their search WELL outside where the actual sub went down, in a clear move to "pretend" they didn't know about it.
So there was either a hero aboard the sub (cia infiltration), or they fucked up, or it was a terrorist mission that was stopped by the incuded countermeasures....either way, we are very lucky to be standing here.
I wouldn't mind checking out that book.