The story Red October (fictional submarine)

the drama of story partially centers around dual capabilities of submarine. submarine of typhoon class, carries many ballistic missiles armed nuclear warheads. stealthy propulsion unit, can no longer detected nato naval vessels. described in both book , film, these capabilities combine create horrific weapon, whereby submarine reach coastal waters of city, washington dc, fire missiles, , destroy key targets before government or military leaders order counterattack.

one interpretation, offered in film , book, submarine s existence 1 purpose: not deterrent american attack on soviet union, solely weapon of first strike. becomes critical u.s. government see submarine either destroyed or captured.

captain first rank marko aleksandrovich ramius first , last commanding officer of red october. according story hunt red october, in late 1984 (according dates mentioned in book, year not have been 1984, consistent year 1982) ramius , command crew took red october out on exercises. once @ sea ramius murdered ivan putin, political officer, , turned boat towards united states. despite efforts soviet navy, red october managed rendezvous uss dallas , united states able engage in complicated rescue plan.

along ride on dallas, , later on red october, part-time cia analyst named jack ryan, read ramius intent , suggested setting rendezvous. rescue plan resulted in soviet navy believing boat had been destroyed. soviet alfa-class attack submarine konovalov discovered red october s survival, destroyed before report red october s sinking had been staged.

most of officers defected ramius commander of dallas concealed defection rest of soviet crew, repatriated in due course. submarine reverse engineered u.s. navy discern secrets. sometime between year , eighteen months later hull of sub sunk in deep ocean trench, although submarine uss ethan allen had been scuttled in order deceive soviet officials red october had been sunk. technology seems disappear, although there later references in other books, including sum of fears. in cardinal of kremlin ramius says u.s. navy building advanced version of pump-jet system american submarines.

in reality, variant of magnetohydrodynamic drive stated in film has been tested, proved inefficient , cumbersome used effective means of propulsion system on submarine. type of propulsion system not enclosed in duct/pipe (as depicted in film). pump jet more efficient, not enough submarine of size.

in series of books come tom clancy, red october adventure proved useful ryan s career. in later books, ryan able use heroism in obtaining submarine lever force threatening kgb secretary defect against (in novel cardinal of kremlin), ending possibility of kremlin coup against politically centrist soviet government.

years later truth of these events came light when political opponents of president jack ryan revealed part in affair. time soviet union had collapsed , prevailing opinion in moscow seems have been done , though put russian hierarchy in political bind vis-a-vis cooperation united states @ critical point.

in story, red october seventh typhoon class hull built soviet navy; real seventh boat, hull number tk-210, laid down in late 1980s, canceled before have been commissioned , scrapped in 1990. none of real typhoon class submarines had 26 missile tubes or considerably larger other typhoon class ssbns in russian navy. typhoon class subs 175 meters long 23-meter beam. red october have been 5,000 tons heavier normal typhoon class sub. no soviet submarines officially named red october. japanese experimental civilian boat yamato 1 has managed use type of advanced propulsion system.