[LonePalm]

FWIW - I have a pre-publication copy of Hunt for Red October.

The book contained some good scenes they left out of the movie. The "attack" on the Soviet surface forces by the A-10 Warthogs from the Maryland ANG comes immediately to mind.

The book also had the Red October hiding out in the Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke Island, NC. I grew up near there and there is no way a sub of that size could get into the sound on the surface, much less submerge again.

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[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

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[reed13k]

I believe the warthog attack was not in Hunt for Red October it was in Red Storm Rising which was Clancy’s second book and involved initial combat in Europe on the ground as well as Naval actions.

I’ll have to confirm. As a Naval Officer in the late 80s/early 90s I enjoyed his books as they were very well researched and especially earlier on focused on the Naval aspects. The great thing about Red Storm Rising was it looked at all aspects fairly equally.

I enjoyed the unique use of the A-10s in the scene your referring to ...whichever book it was in.