see
url:https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/text-version/stories/project-azorian.html
see url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/deep_sea_mining
see url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
CIA covert operation way back in 1974 to try and recover a lost Soviet
Submarine, whilst saying that it was going to be a highly profitable
mining exploration, which was going to make American Companies rich,
rich rich. Cost the taxpayer over $4 billion (2017 prices) and was only
partially successful. Nuclear weapons still lying there on the ocean
floor. US lost some nuke subs too.
Did the Soviets lift them from the ocean bed? Who knows... At one
time there were Soviet Fishing Trawlers which went fishing around US
ships, bristling with communications and signals equipment.
Nobody does that sort of stuff anymore, now we have Space Satellites and
drones both above the sea and under the sea, exploring the sea bed.
Now, there is a whole raft of US law which prevents releases under the
Freedom Of Information Act, using the Glomar Express expedition as the
reason.
ATB
Dougie.