A Submarine procedure question.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by ShotgunFeline

My question is, ...how realistic is the missile launch process from Crimson tide?

from a procedural POV, crimson tide is pretty close. orders from HQ come first, and that is a classified process. suffice it to say that no sub commander would launch without orders to do so. after receipt and confirmation of orders, which takes time, there is a prep sequence that takes time, and this includes the target package. then there is the firing sequence, which includes a list of actions including coming to the proper depth to fire the weapons. then the final stages of the firing sequence which would take a minimum of two command-level officers performing simultaneous actions. on a western boat, those would be the CO and the XO. on a Soviet boat that would probably be three, CO, XO, the Political Officer.

does this help?