Saakyan and the Red Banner's Secret Black Sea Failures
A 1973 CIA report, kept secret for decades, exposes tactical gaps in Soviet naval coordination and the 'extremely sensitive' source who leaked it from the heart of Moscow.
By Vera Kessler ·
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Yanakiyev and the Secret Soviet Plan to Blind the Sixth Fleet
Kept secret for 43 years, an internal Warsaw Pact blueprint for naval surveillance exposes the technical gaps the Soviets feared would let NATO slip through.
By Marcus Boone ·
SA-N-3 Radar and the Mapping of Ukrainian River Lines
Sailors in the Black Sea faced a missile system they could not see, while the UK spent decades mapping the riverine arteries of Eastern Europe to find where the Soviet Bloc's naval power met the land.
By Constance Bell ·
Two Crewmembers Vanish in RB-57F Crash With a Fluctuating Date
Their disappearance over the Black Sea was managed with professional precision, shifting the official record by three years to leave the loss unresolved.
By Marcus Boone ·