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Because it was still a Typhoon sub, which at the time was a mature and well tested platform. It just happened to have an experimental drive in addition to the conventional screws. It's not like it was the first LSD and Nitroglycerine powered sub. There really wasn't much to go wrong at that point.
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John Denver Hoxha posted:So, was Jack Ryan or Captain Rameus right about Admiral Halsey? Rameus was right, and like you said Taffy 3 was a legit god-drat miracle and is deserving of a James Cameron-esq budget film. It got to the point where they were charging Japanese battleships with destroyers and destroyer escorts, and aircraft were dropping depth charges, strafing, and pretending to strafe battleships to keep them distracted. The best quote is when the Japanese were getting close to the escort carrier. . . "As anti-aircraft gunners observed helplessly, an officer cheered them by exclaiming, "just wait a little longer, boys, we're suckering them into 40-mm range."
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Ewan posted:The other books of his I read I enjoyed too. But then I was like 15. 15 is the demographic that can read and understand what is happening in Clancy's books, but lacks the more developed thought processes that tell them "this is schlock".
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cheesetriangles posted:Clear and present danger is the best Clancy movie. "My name is Jack Ryan, I'm with the CIA, I don't have an appointment" <knocking on the front door of the drug-lord's home>
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