| The is a fictitious Typhoon class submarine | | | | stealth propulsion system. |
| in the Tom Clancy novel "The Hunt for Red | | | | |
| October" and the movie which followed. When I | | | | Jack Ryan,[Alex Baldwin] a naval historian |
| first saw this film, written by Tom Clancy,I | | | | turned CIA analyst, deduces Ramius' plans. |
| thought that an awful lot of research had | | | | The U.S. high command agrees warily, while |
| gone into the making of this movie, but I | | | | also planning for contingencies in case the |
| often wondered where someone would come up | | | | Soviet Fleet has other intentions than their |
| with such a plot. Was this film based on | | | | stated cover. As tensions rise between the |
| fact, or fiction in the writers mind. And if | | | | U.S. and Soviet fleets,and the crew of a |
| it was based on fact, where did Clancy get | | | | U.S.attack submarine stumble across the |
| his information from. | | | | secret to detecting the Red October. |
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| The main theme of the story partially centers | | | | This film was one of the best movies of the |
| around the dual capabilities of this | | | | 90's. It launched Clancy's successful career |
| submarine. As a submarine of the Typhoon | | | | as a novelist and the highlighted the superb |
| class, it carries many ballistic missiles | | | | acting abilities of a number of well known |
| armed with nuclear warheads. With a stealthy | | | | stares. |
| propulsion unit, it can no longer be detected | | | | |
| by NATO naval vessels. As described in both | | | | And yes this novel and movie were based on |
| the book and the film, these capabilities | | | | true facts concerning the defection of two |
| combine to create a horrific weapon, whereby | | | | Soviet navel officers.[1]In 1961, Soviet Navy |
| the submarine could easily surface near a | | | | submarine captain Jonas Pleškys sailed his |
| city, like New York,N.Y. fire its missiles, | | | | vessel from Klaipeda to Gotland in Sweden.The |
| and destroy key targets before any government | | | | Soviet authorities sentenced him in his |
| or military leaders could order a | | | | absence to death by firing squad, but the CIA |
| counterattack. One interpretation, as offered | | | | hid him, first in Guatemala and later in the |
| in the film and book, is that this submarines | | | | United States. |
| existence is for one purpose: not as a | | | | |
| deterrent to an American attack on the Soviet | | | | [2]On November 8, 1975, the Soviet Navy |
| Union, but solely as a weapon of first | | | | frigate Storozhevoy mutinied. At the time, |
| strike. The U.S.Government knows that they | | | | the Western powers believed it was an attempt |
| have only two options for this type of | | | | to defect from Latvia to the Swedish island |
| submarine. Either they capture it or they | | | | of Gotland. The mutiny was led by the ship's |
| destroy it. | | | | Political Officer, Captain Valery Sablin. The |
| | | | mutiny was unsuccessful, and Sablin was |
| Marko Ramius,[Sean Connery] a Lithuanian who | | | | captured, court-martialed, and executed. |
| has risen to high levels of trust in the | | | | |
| Soviet Navy, intends to defect to the United | | | | So there you have it. So the next time you go |
| States with his officers and the experimental | | | | view a "spy thriller"type of movie, you |
| nuclear submarine Red October, a Typhoon | | | | should always ask yourself! Fact Or Fiction? |
| class submarine equipped with a revolutionary | | | | |