I seem to remember a scene from The Hunt For Red October, where USS Dallas and Red October have sighter each other and Jack Ryan is trying to communicate with Cpt Ramius in order to find out his intentions. They seem to make a big fuzz about torpedo doors being open, but tubes not flooded. I belive Ramius opens the outer doors, to show his crew that he's taking the threat seriously, but not flooding the tubes, not to provoce Dallas.
Yeah, I know, it's a movie, and not a very realistic one, but it's the best I've got to contribute with!
