RED October, the Soviet submarine featured in a Tom Clancy book and subsequent movie, is to be decommissioned for good.Interesting read...I found it fascinating that the sailors didn't actually care for the boat. One would think submariners would appreciate a bigger vessel...
The world's largest - and one of the most celebrated - submarine was the star of 1990s fans of Cold War thrillers as it disappeared – in The Hunt for Red October novel and movie – off the US coast on a secret mission that nearly sparked nuclear war.
In fact, the craft with 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles has been quietly resting in a Barents Sea port, waiting to meet its maker, the Izvestia newspaper quoted navy officials as saying.
Ironically, the US would pay the decommissioning costs because Russia's post-Soviet military is too poor to foot the bill, Izvestia said.
Red October is still my favorite of the Clancy books and movies.
