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Typhoon-class submarine TK-202 covered with ice. Probably the best-known fictional Typhoon-class submarine is the stealth-equipped Red October (Красный Oктябрь), the subject of the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and its 1990 movie adaptation, starring Sean Connery as the fictional Captain Marko Ramius.
The Hunt for Red October is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press.It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutting-edge ballistic missile submarine Red October, and marks the first appearance of Clancy's most popular fictional character, Jack Ryan, an analyst working ...
In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is given command of Red October, a new Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine with a "caterpillar drive", rendering it undetectable to passive sonar.
ТК-202 was a ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy, formerly having served in the Soviet Navy. Hull number TК-202 was laid down at the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk in October 1980 and launched in April 1982. She was the second ship of the Soviet Project 941 Akula class (Russian for shark, NATO reporting name Typhoon).
Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines are the biggest subs ever built. Each u-boat stretched to nearly 600 feet long and was wider than the average American house.
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984 Red October (Krasniy Oktyabr) – The new Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine commanded by defecting Captain Marko Ramius; Vladimir Konovalov – Soviet Alfa-class attack submarine hunting Red October; USS Dallas – an actual US Navy attack submarine also shadowing Red October
In the Tom Clancy novel, The Hunt for Red October, the experimental Typhoon-class nuclear submarine Red October departs on its fateful voyage from this shipyard.. In the 2018 action thriller film, Hunter Killer, the president of Russia is seen landing in the shipyard, greeted by a military parade on the docks.
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