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Operation Ivy Bells
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<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Operation_Ivy_Bells¶ms=57.6_N_155.7_E_">57°36′N 155°42′E / 57.6°N 155.7°E / 57.6; 155.7</a> </p> <p>Operation Ivy Bells was a 1971 joint <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a>, <a href="/facts/Central_Intelligence_Agency/U7urmQYL">Central Intelligence Agency</a> (CIA), and <a href="/facts/National_Security_Agency/Sg6MGV1o">National Security Agency</a> (NSA) mission whose objective was to place <a href="/facts/Telephone_tapping/9A549jmn">wire taps</a> on <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a> <a href="/facts/Submarine_communications_cable/WA4elMsQ">underwater communication lines</a> during the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a>. </p><p>The operation was discovered by the Soviet Union in 1980, when NSA analyst <a href="/facts/Ronald_Pelton/tplBKx8J">Ronald Pelton</a> defected and revealed the existence of the program. </p>