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** Also from ''The Bear and the Dragon'' {{spoiler|As of the mid-2000s, the Chinese nuclear arsenal had grown hugely in sophistication, numbers and mobility (specifically solid-fuel road-mobile ICBM's that can fire on virtually no notice) from what Clancy describes as a viable special operations target.}}
* [[Scotireland]]: The tendency of people to do this is [[Lampshaded]] in ''Patriot Games''.
* [[Screw the Pain Medication]]: in ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'', after getting shot, a state trooper notifies his superiors about those who shot him and their hostages. He declines to take any medication for pain.
* [[Semper Fi]]: Jack Ryan is a former Marine.
* [[Shoot Out the Lock]]: Defied -- in several novels it's pointed out that this does ''not'' work in real life. In most cases, the shooter has to use several more bullets and messily destroy the lock mechanism to open the door.
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