Nuclear subs collide

Not exactly. You're conflating a couple of related but different maneuvers.

FWIW, Red October had approximately as much relation to reality as "The Jetsons" does to contemporary 21st century life. Just sayin'.

El Reg has a pretty good commentary that helps to put things in perspective:

Not Clancy, but the USN people he was getting his info from.

I'm surprised the Israelis didn't take him out (like Gerald Bull) when he spilled the beans on where they get their nukes in "Sum of all Fears".

I'm not certain if this is where I read the story about the collision between the US and Soviet subs a few decades ago. The US sub commander had retired and passed away thinking that the Russian boat had been lost with all her crew. Although we were technically enemies, its not something sailors like to have on their conscience. But after the Soviet Union fell and opened up to the west, some reporters found and interviewed the commander of the Russian sub, who had managed to save the boat and get back to port.

LOL!

"and drown all of my men from the gaping hole I put in our sub."

b Commander: "Now go away or I shall bump you a second time."

It happened because they didn't recognize each other since they were both wearing "rubber" noses. Like all good submariners, they crashed together silently.

This is far from the first time that two subs have hit. Playing cat and mouse games while wearing blind folds tends to lead to that sort of thing happening. Subs have a blind spot on the sonar directly behind. The following guy tends to try to get into that blind spot. The guy in front does things like sudden turns to check to see if anyone is following.

Apparently the french cat was after british mouse. Why? Just for the sake of the exercise?

Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant

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doesn't make sense;*boomers*(strategic ballistic missile subs) are supposed to -avoid- other vessels,to avoid detection.

They are not supposed to be playing "attack sub".

The Russians aren't putting enough to sea to keep the crews in practice.

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Which crews?