Submarines and Spies

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Cold War submarines covertly find and tap Soviet undersea telephone lines using a prototype induction cable tap wrapped around cables by divers from a boat with a welded-on deep submergence rescue vehicle that doubles as a diver decompression chamber. A maverick captain convinces the White House to authorize visible missions, crews spot beach signs like "cable crossing do not anchor," record Soviet communications and English practice, and confirm Moscow’s fear of a first strike — intelligence that helps defuse crises and hasten thawing.

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