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Hell in High Water

The Final Dive of the "Unsinkable" Soviet Sub K-278

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Hell in High Water

Von: Josh Dean
Gesprochen von: Josh Dean
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The incredible true story of the world's deepest-diving military submarine, a catastrophic fire beneath the Arctic, and a crew trapped in a desperate fight to survive.

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets was the crown jewel of the Cold War undersea arms race—a titanium-hulled nuclear attack submarine capable of diving deeper than any military submarine in history, and armed with a full complement of torpedoes and cruise missiles. Considered virtually unsinkable, it represented the future of undersea warfare.

But on April 7, 1989, a fire broke out while the sub was cruising more than 1,200 feet beneath the Norwegian Sea. Within minutes, flames were racing through hidden compartments, critical systems were failing, and sixty-nine sailors were trapped inside one of the most advanced submarines ever built. What followed was a desperate race against fire, flooding, and time in one of the harshest environments on Earth.

Drawing on survivor testimony, newly synthesized Russian-language sources, naval records, and years of investigation, Josh Dean, journalist and author of The Taking of K-129, reconstructs a disaster long hidden behind the Iron Curtain. Told with the relentless pace of 127 Hours and Dunkirk, Hell in High Water is an unforgettable account of courage, sacrifice, and survival at the edge of human endurance—when the Soviet Navy's proudest achievement became a death trap.
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