The Soviet Submarine That Burned for Days in the Atlantic — 22 Men Ordered to Stay Aboard

In April 1970, the Soviet nuclear attack submarine K-8 suffered a catastrophic onboard fire during the Okean-70 naval exercise. After safely evacuating the crew, Soviet high command ordered 22 men back inside the toxic, powerless pressure hull to act as a legal shield against NATO salvage operations. Discover the classified history of Project 627A, the severe engineering flaws of early Cold War submarines, and the intense geopolitical standoff in the Bay of Biscay that the USSR covered up.