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Earlier quoted context omitted.
Presumably there's some point in the film where you see this is actually in a sub rather than a propaganda film made elsewhere?
It’s real, there are photos from a real tour of a Typhoon submarine
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0pnlLzhW4c1v-vKUWRWXZBD4...
Off topic, but always amazed me that the Russian submarine in this film has a swimming pool (more like a plunge pool) but still seems wild. https://youtu.be/JrULRXlAlMU?si=kvh64qy64E7aqXPY
They military also spends a lot on making sure that they are very well fed - as much as they can be under the circumstances:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a147643...
Fyi, based on a true story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_frigate_Storozhevoy "Gregory D. Young was the first Westerner to investigate the mutiny as part of his 1982 master's thesis Mutiny on Storozhevoy: A Case Study of Dissent in the Soviet Navy. One of 37 copies of Young's thesis was placed in the Nimitz Library of the United States Naval Academy where it was read by Tom Clancy, then an insurance salesman,…
When The Soviets Hunted Down Their Own Warship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkBQl7YRI3E
If you like Red October, dont miss the french movie "Le chant du loup". Absolutely great for lovers of the genre: "The Wolf's Call" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7458762/
Great article.
Overheard every few sprints…
Off topic, but always amazed me that the Russian submarine in this film has a swimming pool (more like a plunge pool) but still seems wild. https://youtu.be/JrULRXlAlMU?si=kvh64qy64E7aqXPY
Off topic, but always amazed me that the Russian submarine in this film has a swimming pool (more like a plunge pool) but still seems wild. https://youtu.be/JrULRXlAlMU?si=kvh64qy64E7aqXPY
The tour guide in the galley of USS Blueback noted that if the ice cream machine didn't work the submarine was not considered operational and required immediate repair.