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Service on board a submarine is one of the more dangerous military occupations,
with any accident or mistake potentially proving both catastrophic and deadly.

That submarine service can be potentially hazardous is highlighted by the fact
that the danger remains high even during regular peacetime patrols. The crew of
one Cold War Soviet submarine learned this the hard way.



Much like the United States, the early years of the Cold War saw the Soviet
Union begin to experiment with ballistic missile submarines out of a desire to
ensure the maintenance of a survivable second-strike nuclear weapons capability.
Soviet design efforts for a new ballistic missile submarine beginning in 1958
experienced significant issues – particularly with the missile launch system –
and the changes made to the design in order to correct these problems were so
extensive that the program’s designation was changed to 667A.

The resulting Soviet 667A – codenamed Yankee I by NATO – nuclear-powered
ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) was the first Soviet SSBN that was roughly on
par with its American counterparts. The 667A was designed to minimize external
resistance while operating below the surface and was built with noise-reduction
in mind, including the use of a sound-absorbing rubber on the pressure hull and
antihydroacoustic coating on the external hull. The 667A was equipped with
topline Soviet navigation and battle management systems, and the vessel’s two
self-contained propulsion units gave it a maximum speed of 27 knots while
submerged.

 

The 667A was equipped with the D-5 launch system and carried a total of 16 R-27
submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), each of which had a maximum range
of 2400 km. Between 1972 and 1983, 667A SSBNs were re-equipped with the upgraded
D-5U launch system and the R-27U SLBMs, which had a greater maximum range of up
to 3,000 km and which carried multiple reentry vehicles. These upgraded vessels
were designated the 667AU.

The first 667A was launched in 1964, and between 1967 and 1974 the Soviet Union
would build a total of 667A-class SSBNs. The Soviet Union would build upon the
Yankee design with its Project 667B “Delta” class of SSBNs.




In October 1986, the 667A-class SSBN K-219 – while on a cruise roughly 600 miles
off the coast of Bermuda – suffered an explosion and subsequent fire in its
number 6 missile tube. The likely cause was a leak that allowed seawater to
enter into the missile tube, which caused rocket fuel chemicals to enter into
the tube.



As a result of the explosion, the missile, and its nuclear warheads were ejected
into the sea.

The ship’s commanding officer and its crew attempted to salvage the vessel and
prepare it for towing with the help of a Soviet freighter, only to have the
towing cable snap during recovery efforts. The commanding officer ordered the
crew to abandon ship, and the vessel was lost.

The incident caused a stir among the Soviet leadership, with General Secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev questioning not only the competence of K-219’s crew but also
the idea that the incident was purely accidental; Gorbachev reportedly
questioned whether or not the incident could have been the result of American
sabotage, while the idea that K-219 had collided with an American submarine –
which the vessel’s commanding officer categorically denied – was also floated
around.

Soviet leaders were also concerned that the United States might successfully
recover the wreckage of K-219 and loot its codebook and other technological
secrets. These concerns likely stemmed from the CIA’s successful recovery of a
sunken Soviet submarine – along with a trove of intel regarding Soviet undersea
capabilities – in 1968.

The story of Soviet submarine K-219 demonstrates just how hazardous submarine
duty can be, even during a routine peacetime patrol.

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An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Tuesday by
authorities on a golf course following an alleged domestic violence incident. 

Police in Fontana, 50 miles east of Los Angeles, were called to a home in the
16000 block of Colonial Drive just after 3:45 p.m., the Fontana Police
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The suspected shooter, Alejandro Diaz, 45, left the home with two guns when
officers arrived and ran to the Sierra Lakes Golf Club, police said. 




"He started shooting. Shooting up everything. Scaring the golfers, shooting at
police. It was bad," witness Myesha Dowe told Fox News Los Angeles. 




Officers confronted Diaz, the off-duty deputy, following reports of an armed man
near the Sierra Lakes clubhouse and he was shot. 

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"After giving several verbal commands, a lethal force encounter occurred," a
Fontana police statement said. "Immediately after the shooting, officers,
including two technical reserve paramedics, provided advanced life-saving
measures while San Bernardino County fire medics arrived and continued medical
treatment."

Diaz was taken to a hospital, where he died. An autopsy is pending. No Fontana
police officers were injured. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the
shooting. The LASD referred Fox News Digital to a San Bernardino County
Sheriff's news release on the shooting. 






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