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Did you know the CIA once built a fake mining ship just to steal a sunken Soviet submarine? In 1968, a Soviet sub carrying three nuclear missiles went down in the Pacific. It sank 16,500 feet to the ocean floor, taking 98 men with it. The CIA saw an opportunity. They spent six years and over $500 million building a massive ship called the Hughes-Glomar Explorer. On paper, it belonged to billionaire Howard Hughes and was designed for deep sea mining. Reporters photographed it. The public accepted it. Nobody questioned it. But hidden inside the hull was a giant mechanical claw built for one purpose. To reach down and pull up a Soviet submarine from the bottom of the ocean. The operation partially worked. The CIA recovered missile components, code books, and the remains of six Soviet sailors. Then something unexpected happened. The crew held a burial at sea for those six men. Full Soviet naval honors. Filmed. Classified for decades. The greatest intelligence heist in history ended not with a triumph, but with a funeral.

Did you know the CIA once built a fake mining ship just to steal a sunken Soviet submarine? In 1968, a Soviet sub carrying three nuclear missiles went down in…