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37 years ago, the Soviet nuclear submarine K219 went on a secret mission to the Atlantic, but was exposed to the US military due to a equipment accident.
The American "Augusta" saw that the Soviet nuclear submarine was so deflated, so it deliberately cut its steel cable. It was such a move that made the east coast of the United States unstable ...
What really happened back then? What are the threats to the East Coast of the United States?
Background of Operation K219
In the second half of the last century, the United States had just finished the Vietnam War. Even after falling hard in the Vietnam War, the United States remained dead-dead and continued to agitate for a new war not long after.
After poisoning the pirate country of the Caribbean, Grenada, the United States was not restrained and stopped by other countries. The United States, which knew the essence of the essence, continued to "continue its efforts" and planned to attack the Soviet Union.
Under the Cold War pattern, both the Soviet Union and the United States spared no effort in an arms race. The United States has wooed a number of European and American countries, and even deployed its own missiles in Italy, Belgium and other countries - a total of more than 600 "Pershing" medium-range ballistic missiles!
The United States is called to protect the security of these countries, but Sima Zhao's heart is well known: deploy missiles on the doorstep of the Soviet Union to threaten the Soviet Union! In order to protect themselves in the Cold War pattern, these countries also acquiesced to the actions of the United States.
Not to be outdone, the USSR. They also wooed a number of socialist countries, and Soviet missiles were also deployed in those countries - more than a thousand medium-range ballistic missiles in total!
At that time, the whole world was shrouded in the shadow of the Cold War. Medium-range ballistic missiles are powerful missiles that can carry nuclear weapons, and if they are put into use, the consequences are unimaginable, and it is likely that tens of millions of years of human civilization will be destroyed!
Although the Soviet Union had the advantage in the number of missiles, it was probably the United States that was ahead of the war. The reason is that the United States has a geographical advantage!
The Soviet Union was a large country, straddled the Eurasian continent, and bordered many countries, many of which were hostile to the Soviet Union. And although most of the Soviet Union is in Asia, its core is still in Europe, and it is a full-fledged European country.
Many of the European and international countries are capitalist countries, and even if they did not join the United States, they were unceremoniously hostile to the Soviet Union. With the missiles deployed in Europe, the United States could quickly crush the Soviet Union in wartime.
In contrast, the United States, although it also has a large land area, is located on the American continent, and its neighbors are only Canada in the north and Mexico in the south.
Although Mexico was often victimized by the United States and had new and old grudges, it was obviously more hostile to the Soviet Union. Even if Mexico did not side with the United States, it would never agree to the deployment of missiles by the Soviet Union in its own country!
Not to mention, Canada has always liked to follow the American ass. When war comes, it is self-evident which country Canada will help.
Therefore, not only did the two neighbors of the United States pose no threat to it, but they would also help the United States fight the Soviet Union. So it was impossible for the USSR to follow the example of the United States and put missiles on their doorstep.
At that time, the maximum range of medium-range ballistic missiles was only 3,000 kilometers. Soviet missiles closest to the United States, it is also difficult to fly to the territory of the United States!
So in terms of missiles, the threat facing the Soviet Union is still very nervous. So the Soviets set their sights on the bottom again - the American coastline is long, so nuclear submarines have a lot of room for combat!
In January 1984, the top management of the Soviet Union decided to install Soviet nuclear submarines in the waters around the United States for a long time, and to ensure that at least three nuclear submarines were waiting for the opportunity to move at every moment!
But the number of Soviet nuclear submarines was also not very large. Therefore, many nuclear submarines are often on the way to carry out their tasks all the time, without rest and maintenance time. But this busyness is also necessary:
Once the Soviet mainland encountered the threat of live ammunition from the United States, the Soviet nuclear submarines lurking in American waters would mercilessly strike at the US mainland!
The K219 nuclear submarine ushered in its final end in this context.
The thrilling encounter of K219
In September 1986, K219 began its thirteenth combat cruise from the Barents Sea.
Its destination is the Atlantic Ocean near the United States. The submarine route to the mission site is fraught with dangers:
During the Cold War, NATO laid sonar detection systems on the seabed, which is an anti-submarine line specially designed to detect Soviet submarines. They made a big deal, and thousands of sensors were laid on the bottom of the North Atlantic alone!
If monitored by these detectors, the results will be transmitted directly to the US military, with unimaginable consequences.
However, the Soviet military already had a wealth of experience in evading detection. They like to follow under large cargo ships, so that the noise from large cargo ships can cover the submarine's whereabouts.
After waiting for two days, a suitable cargo ship finally appeared. K219 followed the cargo ship smoothly into the northeast waters of Bermuda, which is their destination.
But it's not foolproof either. The Americans, through long and fine calculations, can distinguish cargo ship noise from submarine noise. So the day after K219 arrived at its destination, two American nuclear submarines were found to be coming, and it is likely that their whereabouts have been discovered.
K219 did not want to confront the American military, so the submarine commander Bridanov ordered an emergency dive: first to increase speed, and then to make a sudden U-turn when the opponent was caught off guard!
This was a tactic used by the Soviets: it would be difficult for enemy submarines to catch up. However, this will also make the submarine's movement more noisy, making it easier for the enemy to detect its whereabouts. And there is also a probability of colliding head-on with enemy submarines, there is a certain risk.
But when the K219 accelerated to dive, a news shocked everyone on board: a missile in the missile compartment had a fracture!
And the crew of the missile compartment exclaimed: condensation appeared in the missile compartment!
If the body of the missile breaks, the fuel inside the missile will leak out. There is nitric acid in the fuel, which will not only corrode the remaining projectile body, but also make the missile compartment lose its airtightness!
So poisonous gas poured into the missile compartment, and a raging fire soon broke out inside the submarine!
Now it is no longer important to be followed by American submarines, the key is to solve the accident that appeared in the missile compartment, otherwise everyone will be finished, and the expensive submarine will be scrapped!
They immediately rose to the surface of the sea. At this time, the fire in the missile compartment became more serious, and there was a faint tendency to burn to the nuclear reactor. The situation is even more critical!
Some of the crew rushed to repair the power supply system damaged by the fire explosion, and part tried to shut down the nuclear reactor, making sure to prevent the nuclear warhead from being detonated!
But the remote control device has failed, and the only way to close it is manually!
During this process, the crew must enter the gas-filled cabin and enter the operation room to rotate the balance plate.
But waves of crew members went in, and six rush repairs were carried out without success ...
The seventh time, Belikov and Preminin entered the reactor compartment. The nuts on the balance plate seem to be rusty, and they still don't move under the strength of the two!
Soon, Belikov collapsed from inhaling the poisonous gas, and the other crew quickly transferred him to the outside cabin. Only Priminin could perform the mission in the cabin.
Every second was like a year, Priminin used all his strength and finally screwed four balance plates. But the hatch could no longer be opened due to air pressure. The occupants outside the cabin hit the hatch over and over again, but to no avail.
Finally, the 21-year-old Preminin leaned against the hatch and slowly closed his eyes.
Although the reactor was shut down, the capsule was still burning. The American submarine detected the news, and for the purpose of investigating the structure of the Soviet submarine, it also took the initiative to help.
The crew naturally refused. Soviet freighters finally arrived two days later, and they came to pull the submarine back to the Soviet Union. This process takes more than fifty days. To reduce the threat of hurricanes at sea, Soviet fleets sailed along the coast of the United States.
At this time, the temperature in the cabin is still rising. Even though the crew had already contacted the Soviet freighter, they still could not relax and leave the submarine, because the high temperature threatened to detonate the submarine missile!
The self-inflicted cleverness of "Augusta"
Soviet crews worked around the clock inside the submarine to find a way to cool down. At this time, the American Augusta came uninvited.
The Augusta has always been disgraced by Soviet nuclear submarines, and now seeing that the Soviet submarine has had an accident, I don't know how proud I am.
The captain of the Augusta did not dare to use weapons directly, but they could still do it with a little damage to the submarine.
So Augusta directly cut the steel cable connecting K219 to the freighter! It is these steel cables that are dragging the K219 forward!
The hopes of K219 were extinguished: they could not bring the submarine back to Soviet soil.
The crew was transferred to the Soviet freighter. Only one person did not board the ship - Captain Pazhtenov. He understood that if the submarine remained here, it would definitely be used by the United States to do research, which would have a huge impact on the Soviet Union.
Therefore, he remained on the submarine all the time, and after confirming that the crew had left, he activated the submarine self-sinking system without hesitation!
As a result, the missile-equipped K219 and Captain Pazhtenov remained forever on the seabed near the east coast of the United States.
epilogue
You know, the high temperature on K219 has not completely decreased, and the crew has been forced to transfer. Therefore, the risk of the missile being detonated by high temperatures remains.
To this day, the East Coast of the United States remains uneasy. If the undersea missile is detonated, not only the explosion, but the nuclear contamination will be enough for them to drink a pot.
If it weren't for the Augusta's cleverness, how could the East Coast of the United States face such a hidden danger?