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Himalayan Spy Mission | Back to the Mountains with Pete Takeda | 4

Against The Odds

CHAPTER

Covert Himalayan Spy Mission during the Cold War Era

The chapter delves into a secret mission crafted in the early 1960s by climbers, the US military, and the National Geographic Society to gather intelligence on China's ballistic missile program by intercepting radio telemetry signals from Chinese missile tests in the Himalayas.

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