The Lapon exploits were remarkable Mack trailed for 47 days, and in his transit back to Groton the navy sent out a message "get out the way whiteys coming through"
The achievement led directly to a new software system which created a library of sounds, something the USA and UK use to this day.
There have been many notable achievements both east and west.
Other achievements was the surfacing of a Zulu V SSB that was the USS Grenadier, this was the direct result of the Soviets forcing the USS Gudgeon to surface inside soviet waters.
The Yankee's or little ivan's had interesting careers as well, some being converted into special projects boats, others to SSN's and 1 the K420 into a cruise missile battery (same as the 4 early Ohios)
Things changed however when Russia launched the Delta series and the new missiles thats when the cold war got real interesting.
The Mig 25 is proof if you put big enough engines on a brick anything can fly, i have seen Mig 25's up close they are big machines their tail pipes are id say twice that of the 29 they are huge.
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