![]() ![]() Moreover, because the doctor responsible was the son of a Politburo member, the doctor could not be punished. In particular he is deeply affected by the death of his wife, Natalia, due to a doctor's incompetence. It is also not lost upon Ramius, whose defection is spurred by several other factors as well. The result, as is immediately apparent to Jack Ryan and the admirals in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a strategic weapon platform that is capable of sneaking its way into American home waters and launching nuclear missiles with little or no warning. The propulsion system is nicknamed "Caterpillar Drive", and makes sonar detection extremely difficult. The propulsion system is described in the novel as an arrangement of pumpjets - whereas in the film version, it is described as a magnetohydrodynamic system. Marko Alexandrovich Ramius, a Lithuanian who has risen to high levels of trust in the Soviet Navy, intends to defect to officers and the experimental nuclear submarine Red October, a Typhoon-class submarine equipped with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system. ![]()
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