In the story, Red October is the seventh Typhoon class hull built for the Soviet Navy the real seventh boat, hull number Soviet submarine TK-210, was laid down in the late 1980s, canceled before it could have been commissioned and scrapped in 1990. By this time the Soviet Union had collapsed and the prevailing opinion in Moscow seems to have been "Well Done", though they put the Russian hierarchy in a political bind vis-a-vis cooperation with the United States at a critical point. Years later the truth of these events came to light when political opponents of then President Jack Ryan revealed his part in the affair. In later books, Ryan is able to use his heroism in obtaining the submarine as a lever with which to force a threatening KGB Secretary to defect to the US against his will (in the novel The Cardinal of the Kremlin), ending the possibility of a Kremlin coup against a politically centrist Soviet government. ![]() In the series of books to come by Tom Clancy, the Red October adventure proved useful to Ryan's career. A pump jet would be more efficient, but not enough for a submarine of that size. This type of propulsion system also would not be enclosed in a duct/pipe (as depicted in the film). In reality, a variant of the magnetohydrodynamic drive stated in the film has been tested, but proved too inefficient and cumbersome to be used as an effective means of a propulsion system on a submarine. Navy is building an advanced version of the pump-jet system for American submarines. In The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Ramius says the U.S. The technology then seems to disappear, although there are later references in some other books, including The Sum of All Fears. Sometime between a year and eighteen months later the hull of the sub was sunk in a deep ocean trench, although previously the submarine USS Ethan Allen had been scuttled in order to deceive Soviet officials that Red October had been sunk. The submarine was reverse engineered and stripped of all technology by the U.S. Most of the officers defected with Ramius but the commander of the Dallas concealed the defection from the rest of the crew, who were repatriated in due course. The Soviet Alfa-class attack submarine Konovalov discovered Red Octobers survival, but was destroyed before it could report back that Red Octobers sinking had been staged. The rescue plan resulted in the Russian Navy believing the boat had been destroyed. Despite efforts by the Soviet Navy, Red October was able to reach USS Dallas and the United States was able to engage in a complicated rescue plan.Īlong for the ride on the Dallas, and later on the Red October, is a part-time CIA analyst named Jack Ryan, who read Ramius' intent and suggested setting up the rendezvous. Once at sea Ramius murdered Ivan Putin, the political officer, and then turned the boat towards the United States. According to the story The Hunt for Red October, in late 1984 (according to the dates mentioned in the book, the year could not have been 1984, but is consistent with the year 1982) Ramius and his command crew took the Red October out on exercises. government to see this submarine either destroyed or captured.Ĭaptain First Rank Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius was the first and last commanding officer of Red October. One interpretation, as offered in the film and book, is that this submarine's existence is for one purpose: not as a deterrent to an American attack on the Soviet Union, but solely as a weapon of first strike. ![]() As described in both the book and the film, these capabilities combine to create a horrific weapon, whereby the submarine could easily reach the coastal waters of a city, like Washington DC, fire its missiles, and destroy key targets before any government or military leaders could order a counterattack. With a stealthy propulsion unit, it can no longer be detected by NATO naval vessels. As a submarine of the Typhoon class, it carries many ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads. The drama of the story partially centers around the dual capabilities of this submarine.
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