"The search for the Titanic was a secret Cold War mission"

[BrucePartington]

I apologize if this has been posted before. Just came across this video on Youtube, dated today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMTAWHSeGQ


Cheers.

[Dowly]

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.

[ETR3(SS)]

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.
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.

[Platapus]

very cool story

[August]

It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!

[em2nought]

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 :03:

[Platapus]

It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!

What better cover than a fictional story that is actually factual. :D

[Jimbuna]

What better cover than a fictional story that is actually factual. :D

Indeed :yep: