Project COLDFEET
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Project COLDFEET was a 1962 CIA operation to extract intelligence from an abandoned Soviet Arctic research station.
The research station had been abandoned after the runway became unusable due to the destruction of its runway by a pressure ridge,[1] and it was assumed that it would be crushed in the Arctic Ocean.[2] Two intelligence collectors were dropped by a B-17 aircraft onto the station in an operation organised by the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] The team were retrieved seven days later using Robert Fulton's skyhook system. The operation provided intelligence on Soviet anti-submarine warfare and acoustics technology,[2] as well as demonstrating that investigators could be retrieved from remote areas.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Robert Fulton's Skyhook and Operation Coldfeet. Central Intelligence Agency (2007-04-14). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ a b c Project COLDFEET: Seven Days in the Arctic. Central Intelligence Agency (2008-04-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
