:34:01
A variant of the Typhoon class,
she's 650 feet long -
:34:05
- and 32,000 tons
submerged displacement.
:34:12
We believe that these doors
enclose a unique propulsion system.
:34:18
A magneto-hydrodynamic drive,
or caterpillar. -
:34:21
- that would enable the sub
to run virtually silent.
:34:25
It is possible that this new drive system
allowed Capt. Ramius...
:34:31
Do we have his picture available?
:34:34
...to elude our attack-boat boat Dallas
which was trailing Red October.
:34:42
It is also possible
that this drive system -
:34:46
- could render the Red October
undetectable to our warning nets.
:34:51
Would you characterize this
as a first-strike weapon?
:34:58
That is a possibility.
:35:01
It is designed to approach by stealth
and armed with nuclear warheads.
:35:09
- Damn thing was made to start a war.
- Proceed, Mr. Ryan.
:35:14
After the Dallas lost contact,
there were additional sailings.
:35:18
From Polijarny, Leningrad
and from the Mediterranean.
:35:24
There's are now some 58 nuclear subs
headed at high speed into the Atlantic.
:35:29
This afternoon's satellite pass
over Polijarny found heat blooms -
:35:34
- indicating that the Kirov, the Minsk
and 20 other ships were ready to sail.
:35:39
This constitutes the bulk
of the Soviet surface fleet.
:35:44
The data supports
no conclusions as yet.
:35:48
Absence of activity in the Pacific
suggests that this is just an exercise.
:35:56
Suppose this is a move against NATO