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** The whole Maelstrom battle. Yeah. Also, a first-rate ship of the line like the ''Endeavour'' could eat a pair of heavy frigates like the ''Black Pearl'' and ''Flying Dutchman'' for breakfast. |
** The whole Maelstrom battle. Yeah. Also, a first-rate ship of the line like the ''Endeavour'' could eat a pair of heavy frigates like the ''Black Pearl'' and ''Flying Dutchman'' for breakfast. |
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* ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' had the USS ''Blueback'' play the ''Red October''. Notable as the ''Blueback'' is a diesel fast attack sub rather than a nuclear ballistic missile sub. But the ''Blueback'' was at least a modern design. |
* ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' had the USS ''Blueback'' play the ''Red October''. Notable as the ''Blueback'' is a diesel fast attack sub rather than a nuclear ballistic missile sub. But the ''Blueback'' was at least a modern design. |
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** Again, security concerns: the Navy would rather swallow ground glass than put a close-up shot of a nuclear |
** Again, security concerns: the Navy would rather swallow ground glass than put a close-up shot of a nuclear submarine on-screen in 1990. |
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*** In addition, the ''Red October'' is a fictional variant of the Soviet ''Typhoon''-class ballistic missile submarine, and in 1990 you couldn't hope to get the Soviet Navy's cooperation in filming a garbage barge let alone one of their nuclear strategic deterrent units. |
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** And then there was that "supercavitation makes it silent" bit... |
** And then there was that "supercavitation makes it silent" bit... |
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*** Technically in the book, it was more akin to ''[[Tom Swift|Tom Swift Jr. And His Jetmarine]]''—a waterjet for propulsion, and the point was no so much quiet as 'sounding just like background flow', an underwater equivalent of white noise. |
*** Technically in the book, it was more akin to ''[[Tom Swift|Tom Swift Jr. And His Jetmarine]]''—a waterjet for propulsion, and the point was no so much quiet as 'sounding just like background flow', an underwater equivalent of white noise. |