52. The US Navy and the CIA commissioned Howard Hughes to build the Glomar Explorer, a 63,000 ton ship designed for just one mission, to raise a sunken Soviet sub with its three SS-N-5 missiles from the bottom of the Pacific. The price tag was said to be $550,000,000, but the project was to no avail: the stern section containing the missiles reportedly broke off and slid fell down to the bottom. In 1989 the U.S. came by a Soviet missile for free when Gorbachev donated an SS-20 to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The latter stands beside a Pershing II, and in accordance with the INF Treaty, the coordinates of the museum are registered with both governments. Back to quiz