'The Hunt For Red October' isn't aging well

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Originally Posted by dwright44

I kept thinking of The Hunt for Red October as I was reading Red Star Rogue a non-fiction book about K-129, a Golf II class Russian submarine that sank near Pearl Harbor on March 7, of '68. The sub carried three 1-megaton nuclear missiles and two nuclear tipped torpedoes. One of the on board missiles was being launched when a fail-safe system activated and somehow ignited the missile fuel causing a huge explosion sinking K-129.

The plotters planned to launch a 1-megaton bomb at Pearl Harbor and thought that China would be blamed by the US. The plotters did not know how advanced the US military was at tracking submarines so their plans would not have worked. We were just seconds away from WWIII.

Maybe some of the events in history that are revealed in Red Star Rogue gave Clancy some ideas, perhaps.

I don't claim to be a history buff but this book did help me get a better perspective on some past events in history. Like Johnson's sudden decision not to run for president and maybe the reason for how Nixon was able to get a few good things accomplished.

I was in the US Air Force as part of a SAC ICBM Minuteman targeting team. I can only guess that one of the drills we went through was not a drill.

I picked the book up on Amazon and highly recommend reading. As good as any Clancy novel, but I do have the DVD for The Hunt for Red October and admit to watching if from time to time and enjoying it.

I don't think any of the events in Red Star Rogue (If they even happened) were public knowledge except what was revealed about Project Azorian in 1975.