Posted: May 6th, 2010 Japanese SuperSub Program Transcript
Secrets of the Dead: Japanese SuperSub  Program Transcript:
CARLO CARLUCCI: I was a lookout. When I got to look through the
periscope.  It was a monster, believe me.  NARRATOR: Rather than
a belated attack against the defeated Japanese, the sinking of
this top secret submarine was a preemptive measure for the
looming Cold War—A brazen decision by the Americans to keep the
sub out of Soviet hands. The plan worked, and the weapon lay
undisturbed at the bottom of the ocean for six decades, until a
team of underwater explorers from the University of Hawaii
located its remains. The discovery sparked a new examination of
the long-forgotten supersub.  ERIC GROVE: It can go around Cape
Horn and then go around the Cape of Good Hope.  CARL BOYD:
Thirty seven thousand miles.  ERIC GROVE: That’s right, this
gave you enormous strategic options.  You could basically attack
anywhere in the world.  This was a global weapon system.
NARRATOR: A system that defied c