"Thresher FOIA Request Yielding Results " Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	30 May 2019 6:34 p.m. PST
The USS Thresher (SSN-593) imploded 56 years ago on 10 April 1963, killing all 129 people on board, during a time of unequivocal great power competition. In September 1961, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was pictured on the cover of Time magazine saying, "We will bury you!" while the U.S. press and intelligence community were speculating that Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles were better than their U.S. equivalents… link
PraetorianHistorian	31 May 2019 5:24 a.m. PST
Kid from my hometown died on the Thresher. There's actually a plaque dedicated to him. link
StoneMtnMinis	01 Jun 2019 5:01 p.m. PST
Thanks for posting this Bill.

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