The Hunt for Red October (novel)/Awesome


 * Marko Ramius taking out an enemy sub, with his own totally unarmed.
 * The President, National Security Advisor Jeff Pelt, DCI Arthur Moore, and DDO Robert Ritter successfully tricking the Soviets into buying a totally false cover story, and flushing out a long standing traitor.
 * Jack successfuly taking out the GRU agent hiding in the Red October's missile bay.
 * Worried about the Soviet fleet sailing close to the Eastern Seaboard, the US sends them a message: a flight of four A-10 Warthogs boxing in Kirov, the fleet flagship, with flares. Flares that happen to show off their anti-tank cluster bombs and the 30mm Avenger cannons they're packing.
 * What makes it even more awesome is that the A-10s were flying at low altitude, almost above sea level, and were being used for the naval strike because they were the first available unit - and antishipping isn't an A-10 mission, but A-10s carry weapons that can kill heavily armored tanks, and what can kill a tank can hurt an armorless ship.