Soviet Nuclear Submarine Defects to the United States, 1984 - Animated

In 1984, a deadly new Soviet Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine leaves Murmansk and heads out into the North Atlantic. The entire Soviet Navy is looking for her, with orders to sink the brand new vessel. Fearing a rogue Captain is about to launch nuclear weapons against the United States, the President deploys the US Navy into the Atlantic as well.
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[@TheOperationsRoom]

Protip before commenting - check the release date 👀

[@soubuckeye]

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it!

[@Adam-ze1jw]

People don’t seem to be very aware these days, they just assume and it’s hilarious! Great video! As always

[@binarypower]

I knew I knew this plot from somewhere ;)

[@travelinman70]

I thought it started sounding too familiar, with the SSN Dallas.

[@FIKOE]

April fools

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

For a man born in the Soviet Union, her captain has a very distinct Scottish accent

[@jdelark6428]

007 either got captured and brainwashed into thinking he was a Soviet submarine captain and nobody outside of the KGB brainwashers knew otherwise, or Bond was playing the looooong game to pinch a Soviet nuclear submarine.

[@Brodda-Syd]

🙂

[@TheBestDog]

Aye wee lassie

[@TheBestDog]

😉

[@Timo0469]

❤

[@alzurath2607]

Fun fact, the Russian Captain after the successful defection, changed his name to Sean Connery, and made a movie about his own exploits. It's an excellent film.

[@bananaFederationrepublic]

Red October

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Didn't he go to prison under the name "John Patrick Mason", until an incident on Alcatraz ensured of his temporary reutilization and also death?

[@victorwaddell6530]

@@bananaFederationrepublic Krasniy Oktyabir .

[@mema0005]

Russian Captain?! They didnt call him the Vilnius Schoolmaster for nothing!

[@imnothefather027]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Yes he did/ Well picked up

[@wpatton5894]

As a retired Naval officer, I served on a diesel sub, ballistic missile sub and then as an S-3 pilot. When the movie came out I was on the SSBN and we were all amazed at Clancy's ability to get so much "right".

[@ConspiracyVoid4]

What movie are you speaking of? Would like to watch it.

[@Demigryph]

@@ConspiracyVoid4 the Hunt for Red October

[@alexanderhamilton4258]

Yeah, especially the printer for sonar. How'd they know ai does all the sonar men work?

[@MarcelloBranca]

That movie was so cool, Sean connery

[@wirelessone2986]

I worked on S-3A vikings with VS-41...Did you train with VS-41?

[@ColoursCapello]

I was actually there watching this event unfold. It all happened in just 2 hours and 9 minutes. I had to call timeout with the soviets while I went to the bathroom. Everyone waited for me. It was a touching moment of humanity in this crazy world.

[@cooperdefrenne5790]

😂

[@jameshusband3302]

What a wonderful story. Someone should write a book or make a movie about it. James Bond would be perfect to play the Soviet Captain with Doctor Frankenfurter as his XO.

[@FPAlpha]

Doctor Frankenfurter was actually the Chief Medical Officer, the XO was a former Paleontologist, who had some personal issues in a special theme park.

[@bodavidson2804]

​@@FPAlpha and he never got to dig in Montana 😔

[@thelandofnod123]

@@FPAlpha and Darth Vader could be a great match for a Admiral at the CIA. I think Colonel Travis would make a decent CIA analyst, Han Solo would be a much better pick.

[@jameshusband3302]

And Alan Shepard as the captain of the American submarine.

[@Archie2c]

​​@@bodavidson2804 I think he also wanted to be a piliagamist and have a taste for Rabbits.

[@Abusemtex]

This incident is legendary. I think they even made a movie about it.

[@archiebayaras625]

The Hunt for Red October starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin from Tom Clancy's novel of the same name

[@ivanruzic2592]

@@archiebayaras625 Took the words right out of my mouth. A true masterpiece of a film, watching it would be time well-spent.

[@FixedGearFox]

It was a documentary filmed in real time.

[@davidshaffstall8693]

ALLEGED incident 😉

[@c0nstantin86]

​@@archiebayaras625 POV it never happened cuz it never happened. "Russian Admiral going crazy and wanting to defect to capitalism". It's an admiral not a pilot.

[@robertmcnearny9222]

I remember when this happened. We all watched unfold in a couple of hours. Great animations of the incident. You should do more military histories. Like when Air Force One was commendered by Russian terrorists.

[@FLMKane]

Or the time that a bunch of F14s had a dogfight with mig27s over the Indian ocean

[@SANESX]

​@@FLMKaneThat was done a year ago.

[@joelellis7035]

Fortunately, Han Solo was on Air Force One. He made sure to shoot first.

[@rimlandrealist7679]

next year: USAAF Vs Kazakh AF

[@trolleriffic]

How have I not heard about that Air Force One thing? That's crazy, they must have told the media to keep quiet or something. I'm guessing it must have been damaged by the terrorists and that's why they're buying new Air Force One planes - it all makes sense now!

[@cruize2001]

I can only imagine that you're currently working on a historical recreation of the Nakatomi Plaza incident. Can't wait.

[@Zaluskowsky]

That World be great

[@disvet-1ad291]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@EricThompson1965]

Now THAT'S funny

[@Revup1]

We really do owe our cold war submariners a debt of honour. Thank you for bringing such stories to light without remorse. I think its worrying that such patriot games were played under the surface of our oceans back then. In those days the red storm was really rising, and there a was clear and present danger for us all. If this had gone wrong it would have been the sum of all our fears come true.

[@pauld348]

😂

[@hellomjb]

I see what you did there!

[@cosetteudx]

Brilliant comment.❤❤

[@bigsarge2085]

😄❤

[@ThomasDrehfal]

Well done!

[@farginbastage805]

Fun fact: Captain Borodin would survive the encounter and eventually visit Montana (Badlands Region) where he would become a prominent Paleontologist and expert in Velociraptors

[@carlbennett2417]

Clever boy.

[@rickoshay5525]

He actually did survive in the book, and the doubter guy was the one who got shot instead. Shame that so few make the obvious connection; Both of Sam Neill's characters had interest in Montana. Though, he apparently abandoned the idea of raising a rabbit-farm. 😁

[@andorfedra]

Damn! Now that's a meta connection I had not made! Way to go!

[@1Passingthrew1]

@@rickoshay5525 he bought an SUV and had two wives. Brave lad.

[@jazzthrowout265]

But later on, he is exposed as a polygamist.

[@jerkypat8296]

A friend of mine was on the Rubin James when they rescued the Soviet crew. He was very proud of that day. Operation was so secret that the ship’s crew did not receive an award.

[@howardtucker2423]

THE RUBIN JAMES WAS ONE OF THE SHIPS IN THE CUBA BLOCKADE AROUND CUBA IN 1961. USSR WAS PLACING MISSLES IN CUBE AND AIMING THEM AT THE U S AND EVEN CANADA. KENNEDY STOPPED THIS COLD IN THE "MISSLES OF OCTOBER." TRUE STORY. ALSO CALLED "THIRTEEN DAYS." I was 14 yrs old AND REMEMBER it well

[@mikenyc1501]

I love how he quoted lines from the movie and to be honest with you as a fan of the movie, I love seeing this visualization of where the things took place with the scenes I guess took place. That's very very entertaining. Well done. Thank you very much.

[@CaptainFritz28]

Having only recently seen "The Hunt for Red October" I thought it strange that something so similar was real but thought that maybe the movie was based off of real events. Then I looked at the comments... Certainly, the best April fool's video I've seen this year.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Absolutely.

[@Chameleon279]

“Red October, Red October” -that morse code guy on a cruiser

[@gene8842]

While the story is NOT based on true events, the lore is that Clancy was interviewed by the CIA after publishing. It would seem that his story so closely resembled actual events which were classified, there was a real question of whether or not he had received classified information from some leaker. No confirmation ever came concerning WHAT information was so believable, but Clancy was a veteran of the navy and well versed in submarine warfare. There was also a period that he did work for the alphabet agencies, although I'm not sure if he was ever directly employed by them. Take from this well known rumor what you will.

[@CaptainFritz28]

@@gene8842 Well of course the story is true, the government just doesn't want you to know about it.

[@larrybremer4930]

@@gene8842 Tom Clancy was not a veteran, but he was a great researcher. Red Storm Rising shows Clancy's insights into strategic and tactical warfare in an even greater light.

[@kpdubbs7117]

I have seen the 1990 documentary in which Connery and Baldwin portray some of the men present during this incident many times. Your use of graphics and key details breaks this down succinctly and gets to the heart of the event. It makes this a wonderful way for people to learn about this important historical event without having to slog through the entire two hour documentary, as good as it was.

[@lgmmrm]

Yeah but they got a few things wrong - I remember in the records that it was the HMS Invincible that played host to the Analyst, not an American Carrier - and they seem to have completely ignored the efforts of the USS Pogy.

[@kpdubbs7117]

@@lgmmrm They also made no mention of Montana.

[@captaindouchebag1703]

though in this documentary film Baldwin didn't actually shoot and kill anyone on set.

[@Vanayr]

@@kpdubbs7117 dammit you stole my line 😂

[@daayoungs4326]

He and Hilaria are expecting their seventh child. Pretty sure he's never shot blanks in his life

[@mitchm4992]

I really appreciate how many lines in this are close/direct quotes from the movie.

[@RobJaskula]

I loved "will surely receive the order of Lenin for this"

[@emmapasqule2432]

Yes, it's called The Hunt for Red October. It starred Sean Connery. Great film. Defnitely worth a watch.

[@Andy47357]

it’s still mind boggling that he wrote a book that accurately described a plausible situation that could have played out exactly like that. almost like it was a real story

[@cjwrench07]

IMO, The Bear and The Dragon was the one I found to be the most plausible, pre-2010s. Although the USN *really* just recently announced a breakthrough in hydro-electromagnetic propulsion, which minimizes water cavitation and the speed of anode depletion.

[@revanthvejju732]

the catepillar drive is sceinfically impossible if you know @@cjwrench07

[@revanthvejju732]

this was based off a soviet frigate that almost defected

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

​@@revanthvejju732actually they were hardcore communists trying to start a communist revolution in the USSR

[@BigJayNJ]

I hate April Fools on the Internet. Your videos are literally the ONLY April Fools content I enjoy. They're really well done. Keep it up.

[@blindleader42]

Have you seen LockPickingLawyer? Watch two or three of his non-AllFoolsDay videos first. Don't worry. They are all short.

[@merhbass]

You might also enjoy Fascinating Horrors (the harrowing 1972 Poseidon disaster) and Maritime Horrors (USG Ishimura loss) today.

[@linuslannerbo6439]

WDYM? this is a real story! They have even made a book and a film out of this story!

[@SecNotSureSir]

Oh damn, I thought it was just nerd content. I didn't take the date into acount.

[@Kedvespatikus]

@@linuslannerbo6439 Just like the Lord of the Rings!

[@milo8425]

What really gives this away-just as much as the pop culture story that precedes it-is how coordinated and effective virtually every military asset is in the telling.

[@jedrobertson3206]

The first missile from the alpha failing to detonate is the only touch of realism lol

[@blaafferd]

“The USS Dallas, nicknamed Big D…”

[@LoPhatKao]

@@blaafferd well it _is_ long and hard and full of seamen

[@corinwharerau7560]

The Russian's finding the hidden sub TWICE! Not with their military lol

[@YETICOPTER]

once the subs were navigating the canyon I was like naaaaah son

[@21mhz]

I love how every Cold War documentary says "in , at the height of the Cold War,..." You captured the trope perfectly.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

To be fair, the (admittedly largely the late) 80s was one of the times we were closest to it going hot.

[@juavi6987]

​@@DanielsPolitics1The early 80s

[@DanielsPolitics1]

@@juavi6987 I had in mind both Able Archer (which was 83) and concerns about what might happen as Russian control of the USSR and Warsaw pact weakened. So I guess it was the whole of the 80s.

[@weeniewagun758]

According to a high ranking official, they were very concerned about the sub, saying "This business will get out of control...and we'll be lucky to live through it." Luckily, most did live through it.

[@Pallidum]

I recall reading a classified briefing about this incident when I did my military service back in the 90s. I'm glad it's finally declassified and brought to public knowledge.

[@jamesmcstein6758]

Are you taking the piss? I hope so... Its April Fools mate. The Hunt for Red October 😅

[@KoalaG888]

@@jamesmcstein6758 whoosh!

[@coffzor123]

@@jamesmcstein6758 The joke really flew right over you. "Classified briefing" was probably a joke towards the movie being shown during his military service in the 90s and made a the whole thing into a joke about it using funny phrasing. >.

[@jackychan9236]

@@jamesmcstein6758 The joke from the OP flew quite high over your head I see

[@Notacrime2023]

@@jamesmcstein6758 whoa whoa whoa. hold on. Wait up. Time out. You’re tellin’ me - it’s Valentine’s Day??!

[@rimlandrealist7679]

As one deeply familiar with this incident, there is 1 innacuracy: the first torpedo from the Konovalov did not hit the Typhoon, it overshot its target

[@samarvora7185]

"The pitch is too high. The torpedo's Russian."

[@08StreetGlide]

I didn't read the book, perhaps it happened there...???

[@MichaelMorgan-fg5mj]

In the video of the incident, you can distinctly hear the Doppler shift of the torpedo change as it passes the Typhoon. Additionally, the video cuts to the Alfa, where it is revealed that the torpedo went active after it passed the Typhoon.

[@absolutmauser]

In the book, Konovalov fires two torpedoes at Red October at the same time. They are both wire guided. The first goes active and the Konovalov uses the torpedoes sonar signal to guide it. It misses due to jamming from Red October. The Konovalov uses its own bow sonar to guide the second, which hits the Red October and detonates. Red October's ballast tanks and batteries take a major hit but the pressure hull holds, with the ballast tanks absorbing most of the energy of the detonation.

[@absolutmauser]

Konovalov later fires a third torpedo as Red October is charging her, and that one bounces off without arming. Then Red October rams Konovalov, sinking her.

[@tonytravels2494]

Holy shit, no wonder they made a movie about it. The Captain of the Typhoon Class was quite an exceptional man wasn't he? I thought the details of that battle HAD to be embelished....

[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

Check the date of the release

[@tonytravels2494]

@@monkeybusinessasusuall5467 Ok. It's just so 'not' funny that I sort of stand around with a puzzled look on my face staring into space. Oh well, maybe next lifetime I'll have a compatible sense of humor. Until then I guess.

[@dawnfallon6812]

@@tonytravels2494 So dry the Sahara wants a word with you. 🤣 Forget the literalnazi; I smiled at the suave sarcasm.

[@emmapasqule2432]

Yes, it's called The Hunt for Red October. It starred Sean Connery. Great film. Defnitely worth a watch.

[@alrammd]

Mad respect to our submariners. Their technology-laden careers, skills and lives are definitely novel and movie worthy

[@mikenickolaus1587]

I served in the US Navy as a subhunter during this era, flying aboard the S-3 Viking. I've always appreciated the authenticity of Clancey's novels.

[@arthas640]

Not sure how true the story is, but I heard Clancy made some government officials uneasy because his books were so accurate they thought he must have someone in the military telling him insider info.

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

​@@arthas640Clancy was an insurance man who enjoyed military research as a hobby. It's cool that he got so many plots out of all this. I heard a guy say he met Clancy on vacation. Always had a notebook and was jotting down stuff, making his vacations tax deductible

[@Redspeciality]

You must have liked Red Storm Rising

[@jimmym3352]

This movie was one reason I joined the Navy. The other being I had no money for college. I joined in 1991. As for the above comment, I read Red Storm Rising back then, but never got around to reading The Hunt for Red October.

[@hdwood76fxe]

P-3s 1971-1975

[@six6617]

During the whole video I was like "this feels weird. also, considering how important the mobilization of the whole fleets is, not to to mention the brand new sub, how did i not even hear about this?" then i realized the day

[@-few-fernando11]

That happened to me last year witv topgun... i was like, " this sounds oddly familiar...." and half way through I noticed the date

[@balaclavabob001]

@@-few-fernando11 Same here with the top gun vid . Took me way too long to realise .

[@Morphinem]

I totally forgot the day. But I was like wow it looks like a movie.. wait I recall now this old similar movie ? Was it actually true ?? Getting more and more confused. The US sub diverting the Russian torpedo is crazy I was like no way my god NO WAY. Feels dumb now but it was fun. Gg

[@davec3400]

@@-few-fernando11 The original Top Gun was inspired by the Gulf of Sidra Incident so that adds another layer of deja vu to it.

[@jej3451]

@Six I guess you've never seen the blockbuster 1980s movie The Hunt for Red October.

[@jamesdelaney3797]

This story never gets old. I've been watching this episode since the early 90s

[@evanbelisle8464]

You got me so good I feel humbled.

[@redbullninja11]

I respect the time and dedication that went into this april fools joke haha I was literally saying out loud "no way dude" until I relized the date lmao

[@arizona_anime_fan]

oh man, you need to watch the hunt for red october. half his dialogue is direct quotes from the movie. lol

[@slothomatic]

It's actually impressive how well this fits your regular format.

[@jansenart0]

Tom Clancy was a military nerd of the highest order. Total History Channel prey.

[@WonDukHan]

WwII

[@simonmultiverse6349]

I didn't notice that this video was dated April the 1st, BUT... As you were describing the events, I was thinking that this was uncommonly like the plot of "The Hunt For Red October".

[@GunShark0]

@@simonmultiverse6349 lol nice. Also he did one last year. (Not gonna spoil it for you.) Idk about years prior.

[@mbbb9244]

1. "title" - how come I never heard of this?? 2. "singing on board heard" - wtf?? 3. "crazy Ivan turn" - hmmm. 4. "CIA agent boards" - OK I need to check comments 5. 7mins 10s - LOL

[@Chuck8541]

"Andrei....you've lost ANOTHER submarine?"

[@BOK-04]

I loved this when I first saw it nearly a year ago. And I just went through it again and loved it once again. As long as it’s posted, this might be an annual thing. Thank you very much as that was awesome.

[@satyamroy1756]

Last year it was TOP GUN Now it's HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

[@danw2112]

I thought he was going to the plot of Top Gun Maverick this year.

[@M.Aaltonen]

​@@danw2112 if we're lucky, that'd be next year

[@whitediamondsnowy]

Hunt for Red October is one of my all-time favorite movies

[@kennkoala]

Gets boring, doesn't it?

[@cheongjiahao4843]

Could be the plot of Crimson Tide next year too

[@robinkoenjer1030]

I fell for it completely, and it was the best fun i had in a while !! Making an almost 14 min long video, at the same high standards as always, just to bring some joy in the world really shows how dedicated this channel is! Keep it coming!o

[@shawa666]

He did it last year too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmirgIKCmcSGqtE

[@YuriHabadakas]

Same. Absolute nailbiter! It was only at the end, on hearing that this was still classified, and thinking "well how do YOU know about it, then?" that I looked in the comments :D It helps that I haven't seen the movie, though

[@bholdr----0]

Yeah, I totally agree! This vid is excellent on many levels! 👍. Cheers!!

[@kartoffelschloss6425]

I knew right away after reading the title and remembering what day it was. I got excited, Im going to go rematch the movie again now.

[@BayAreaPEV]

Honestly he f****** got me for the 1st few minutes. And then I remembered the video last year that was based off of Top Gun and how Got me as well. I love these there's only april fool's videos I actually like

[@Capt_Frost]

My watchlist is really backlogged so I ended up watching this way later than it was posted. I was wondering why it sounded so familiar until I checked the publish date. Good work!

[@stephenkolostyak4087]

I saw the classified footage in an old theatre masquerading as a public venue. It was a horrifyingly close call.

[@laplthelullemann]

Damn, every year I think I won't fall for an April Fool's joke and I get hit by sophisticated ones like this one here, well done Sir!

[@arklados3596]

It took me half the video to realize this was a joke

[@szubareg7485]

@@arklados3596same lol

[@FireFlanker1]

He got me until I read the comments

[@TNTorge]

i knew it would be one, but i still watched it anyways

[@okankyoto]

The sheer number of direct line quotations delivered perfectly straight-faced is an incredible feat!

[@chamuuemura5314]

The movie was a part of my childhood but when I read the book later on, I realized just how much better it was.

[@jimmym3352]

Is straight faced a thing when it's audio only? 😁

[@dinkyvision]

“You arrogant ass! You’ve killed us!”

[@jamesdaniels763]

You heard it hit the hull and I was never here

[@WildBillCox13]

What a story! Thanks, guys. Liked and shared with someone still wet behind the ears for the right reasons.

[@altie]

The Hunt for Red October is one of my most favourite movies. Thank you for this.

[@adithyaayyar4067]

I fully belived it for the first you seconds until he said that the sub was not a standard Typhoon class. Well done mate, well done

[@dittfeld1972]

Me too, me too... 😛

[@184Kitkat]

It got me all the way until the Alpha sub got hit by its own torpedo😅

[@koekiejam18]

I had a hunch, but ive recently seen the movie so i was ready for it!

[@CeesaX]

As soon as I saw the title of the video I was pretty sure. Glad so many were able to get fooled for a few seconds though. Getting fooled and figuring it out quickly can feel a lot more satisfying, I think.

[@seymourkoop9381]

And he never did mention the name of this new sub, did he? That would have given it all away.

[@osiris829]

Man, your April Fools videos are ALWAYS the best. Keep it up! I love it.

[@billyteflon1322]

I eventually came up with the same conclusion. I am smirking

[@pietrokania8684]

What are the others?

[@osiris829]

@@pietrokania8684 I think last year was the first Top Gun battle.

[@ajhope6535]

Hilarious April Fools gag. 😂

[@pietrokania8684]

@@osiris829 Ill search for it.. Thx!

[@brnby8984]

Bravo! So well put together

[@Nonakame]

Lol, thanks for a wild ride. I really appreciate the effort and humor! Now I have go and rewatch a “documentary” about this event!

[@pietrokania8684]

The resources used in this event were impressive. The soviets dropped so many sonar buoys on the Atlantic that a man could walk from Greenland to Iceland To Scotland without getting his feet wet.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Yet they were travelling to fast to listen, at nearly 30kts they could run over a stereo and not hear it.

[@joelellis7035]

​@classicMaxReviews particularly a teenage girl's stereo.

[@leecluster3437]

True, although when you get to Scotland you’ll get your feet wet

[@hb4lwade1]

You shouldn't assume people's gender

[@danrooc]

@@hb4lwade1 Good grief!

[@Cucumber_Dragon]

You forgot the important part where there was allegedly a gunfight which broke out near the silo section of the submarine in question, where a sailor actually discovered the captain’s plan to defect, and therefore tried to manually override the security in order to launch a ballistic missile

[@Kyoptic]

That's still classified! Remove your post!

[@dug2fire]

Actually he was attempting to blow up a missle

[@ucstevo]

apparently some things on that submarine don't react well to bulletsch.

[@richardhighsmith]

I’ll bet things inside a submarine don’t react well to bullets.

[@Acelnorst]

He does mention gunfire aboard the vessel actually.

[@dennismason3740]

You so had me going. Good one.

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @The Operations Room! Can't wait for the next video man! Nice April Fools joke with the whole Plot for "The Hunt for Red October" man! Absolutely loved that movie!

[@noelfarmer4858]

They should make a movie about this 😂

[@georgejenkins6275]

Yeah and have Seam Connery play the Captain !!

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@@georgejenkins6275 Seam Connery, any relation to Sean Connery ?

[@oscarolie5743]

@@ChannelReuploads9451 Yeap, because of seams, lol!

[@Timo0469]

Hunt for red october

[@robertpesche]

@@georgejenkins6275 Alec Baldwin with a gun might not be a good idea on the set!

[@robertdlithgow]

You got me, and my son, three weeks later LoL! Well done. I kept saying over and over while watching next to him, "I had no idea this happened, I had no idea this really happened; WOW, the movie was THAT close to actual events? Where is that sub now, and the movie came out so shortly afterwards (and a book before it), how did all of this stuff come to public knowledge and attention so soon instead of being classified?" Felt so silly at the very end, then immediately HAD to look at the date, and there it was. A lawyer and somewhat knowledgeable in the area, I'd like to think I'd know better. You got me. Well done. Best April Fools anyone's ever played on me, I think!🙃

[@chrisburke624]

Haha same!! I'm watching it for the first time, thinking to myself "Holy crap...this ACTUALLY happened!?" ...theeeennnn I got it... 😉 Well played!

[@ErrantChordier]

He did something similar last year with the events from the original Top Gun.

[@kaganbozok7303]

Blimey. I smelled a rat too. Im reading tom clancy,s the sum of all fears and this fit the description of red October exactly. Got me in a fever dream. Started questioning life 😂.

[@paymenomind1604]

He got me today until the end

[@therealchayd]

I went as far as looking at the Wikipedia article for The Hunt For Red October and looked for the words "Based on actual events" lol

[@unityxg]

This one was so good I had to watch it twice. Wow at the crazy logistics required to shoot a torpedo and then have it be tricked to come back and hit you.

[@GiantsRTheBest1]

This popped up on my recommended 4 months later my reaction was “this never happened, this sounds like the Hunt for the Red Oct…….ohhh it’s probably a April Fools meme video”

[@ParkerTyler]

Popped up on my recommended too and the whole time I'm thinking to myself "I didn't know the movie was based off a real event!" 🤦🏼‍♂️ Then I looked at what day this was posted! 😂

[@TheMemeDynamics]

For those who don't know, this is the Hunt for Red October, a Tom Clancy novel. It's an interesting book. If you have a chance, read it.

[@Newdivide]

I knew it!

[@zavoreq6166]

Was the movie hunt for the red October based on this novel?

[@FirstDagger]

@@zavoreq6166 ; Yes.

[@menwithven8114]

Hey don't give it away

[@sailaway8244]

One ping only 😳

[@lovelyhatter]

Fictional but holy crap the idea of a submarine turning directly into a torpedo to prevent it from exploding is still one of the most awesome things ever.

[@darreloutland4604]

That was pretty cool!! C'mon big "D" FLY!!!!

[@testaklese]

Torpedoes really do have safety fuses like that...or at least they used to, idk about modern ones but it is possible. That said, sub-sub engagements are extremely rare and I think that only 1 submarine has sunk another in combat ever. There have been a few submarine collisions though

[@darreloutland4604]

@@testaklese Yes, because there are true stories of how submarines have killed themselves when the torpedo went out looped around and came back!but that's true,so some safety may be added to them, regardless it a kinda cool idea for the story line. 🤔😜🤪😎

[@jeffmatulich6857]

Im sure there are safety features much much more advanced that just timers now. With simple identifiers for e.g. in constant pingings and I.D.....and or wire guided/trail systems. Working in water is tough....but not THAT hard given our current tech. . @@darreloutland4604

[@timwhitten9918]

To bad modern torpedoes explode on contact or within a proximity

[@tulliusexmisc2191]

Naturally I have heard about this incident before, but until you mentioned it I never noticed the strangest part: how on Earth did an Alfa class sneak up on anything?

[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

The incident isn’t real it’s from “ the hunt for red October” it’s a April fools joke

[@tulliusexmisc2191]

@@monkeybusinessasusuall5467 Gosh, and all these years I thought that film was a documentary. If you can't believe a Sean Connery movie, what can you trust?

[@dawnfallon6812]

@@tulliusexmisc2191 Anything narrated by Morgan Freeman.

[@tommyfraser9457]

Well played sir lol keep up the great work.

[@xSRGman]

and then the US commander said "it's Huntin' time!" and proceeded to hunt all the red octobers ✍🔥🔥truly one of the cold war moments of all time 🔥🔥

[@elimaurer9491]

This is the most captivating story I've ever heard. I don't even think Hollywood could reenact the scope of this plot, or sea maneuvers. Nice video! You're good at recounting time and sequence.

[@markmartin2204]

The movie based around this is great, it's called The Hunt for Red October

[@RipRLeeErmey]

​@@markmartin2204 He was joking. He knew.

[@elimaurer9491]

@@markmartin2204 I keep hearing that movie referenced. Maybe I'll actually watch it. Thanks for the reminder!

[@elimaurer9491]

@@RipRLeeErmey I'm not, I've never heard of a defecting submariner, I've seen a 1950s fiction movie about Russians washing up on a New England beach, but that's it.

[@DASCO2136]

If Hollywood does make this into a movie, I’m sure Sean Connery would be a great fit for a role in the film

[@noreenbedford7106]

I got into this for two minutes you had me then I read the comments good one

[@UAVet2022]

Damn you got me to the end and then i read the comments. Its not even april 1st here anymore, i just have not seen the movie. Been following you channel for years and still fell for it🤣

[@jangajewski-tuttle37]

In an era of low-effort lazy videos that aim to abuse our dopamine mechanisms, your high quality work is a true gem :) I really admire your work and I hope you continue making videos for a long time. Great stuff!

[@mcbrite]

I 100% fully endorse this product, service or comment!

[@briantrudell8248]

100% agreed 👍

[@canadiansoviet]

".....aim to abuse our dopamine mechanisms" Yes, that's a good explanation

[@briantrudell8248]

@@canadiansoviet your my hero Boromir!

[@canadiansoviet]

@@briantrudell8248 👍🙏

[@Nmille98]

A book about this was actually on the CO's Approved Reading List when I was at my first command in the Navy. Glad to see this incident is unclassified.

[@danagiles5100]

It never actually happened...

[@matthewcaughey8898]

@@danagiles5100 yeah I’ve got KGB agent and cooks assistant loganov’s Makarov in my gun safe right now. I got it as a “ gift” for helping a supposedly “ ex Soviet” captain find a home in my area. He claimed it belonged to an alleged agent when he gave it to me. Navy guy who was involved with the investigation claimed its story is real. So I hang onto it with the intention of leaving it to the next person

[@ferallion3546]

@@danagiles5100 HEY HEY HEY. YOU PUT THOSE BACK! Wait……is that a DSRV in your backyard?!?

[@danagiles5100]

@@ferallion3546 It's my kids playhouse

[@ferallion3546]

@@danagiles5100 hmmmmmm it’s does have a sign in crayon saying tree house, no adults. Rats foiled again.

[@markchandler7847]

Absolutely brilliant. Happy holiday!!!

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

You should do the naval elements from "Red Storm Rising". I would love to see you map that one out.

[@dawnfallon6812]

I wouldn't even know which part I would look forward to most. There are some great battle descriptions in RSR.

[@rayhallett]

So, I will admit that at two minutes in, I started to realize I was not going to be hearing about the real incident(s) that inspired this story. BUT, even knowing that this was released on April Fools Day, I really got into it and enjoyed seeing it laid out in graphics in the great style you guys always do. Hats off to all of you!! Thanks.

[@funkydinosaur]

😂 yup me too; spent the vast majority of this video going; nooo waaaay Red October is based on REAL EVENTS 😮😮 😂 God damn April fools Amazing vid though ❤

[@arandomcommenter412]

Man I am gullible

[@rickoshay5525]

Watch the 2013 Phantom movie for a much closer story to the REAL thing. A Soviet sub lost in the Pacific.

[@rainbowseeker5930]

April Fools' Day...? Come on, guys, this is no place for such childish practical jokes...There are lots of platforms on the internet for silly 12 years old to tell such stupidities. I thought The Operations Room was something worth watching. Needless to say, I have just unsubbed.

[@baylinkdashyt]

Wait. Even *Red October* was a "thinly-fictionalized" Clancy novel?

[@saxonharries9033]

That was a fascinating story! And the torpedo destroying the sub that fired it is something out of a movie.

[@saxonharries9033]

After reading the comments I've just realised I've been had. This is alot of effort for an April fools joke but its a damn good one at that 😂

[@oumajgad6805]

@@saxonharries9033 Yea, I was about to write something like "dude, it is from the movie/book" xD

[@eezy9872]

@@saxonharries9033 Yes after watching this video I was reading the description trying to find the name of the sub, then I remembered today's date... d'oh!!! 😆

[@glenndean6]

Actually, that happened several times to US subs in WWII ... look up USS Tang.

[@michaelfodor6280]

@@saxonharries9033 For your transgression, go watch the Hunt for Red October. 😉

[@75Veritas]

I read Hunt for the Red October but never realized until now that it was based exactly upon real events that seem impossible. Absolutely amazing account!

[@Snipy55]

fools

[@Sparks00psn]

Gotcha

[@janik_5021]

it is based on the mutiny on the Soviet frigate Storoshevoi in 1975...

[@a6mzeke1]

Very nicely done.

[@paddmaddproductions]

I knew a helicopter crew member that was involved in this. Told me about how some guy they flew into the carrier didn't like flying and kept mumbling about writing memos or something. He's lucky that he wasn't with them 5-6 months before. They flew into this hail storm over over the sea of Japan, and everybody was retching their guts out. Apparently the pilot blew his lunch all over the windshield, and my buddy barfed on the radio, knocking it out completely.

[@scottbingham7169]

Their barf is worse than their bite .

[@RWBHere]

The video was posted on April 1st. Did you read the Description?

[@paddmaddproductions]

​@@RWBHere Tell me you've never seen the movie without telling me you've never seen the movie.

[@paddmaddproductions]

@@RWBHere I'm referencing the same material that the video is. Did you bother watching it?

[@bluemarlin8138]

And it wasn’t that lightweight stuff either. It was that chunky industrial-weight puke.

[@thomas5240]

Darn. I got fooled. I did think it was strange though that the majority of the soviet fleet was deployed and that was somehow kept secret. Great video. 10/10

[@MrNascar1111]

I just discovered your channel and been been binge watching your channel and just saw this video. I saw the title and I was thinking it's based off a true story? Then I looked at the upload date haha

[@OmegaDoesThings]

Saw the vid on the feed, skipped through a bit, narrowed my eyes at the subtitling (because I knew this story already) "This is the Hunt for Red October." Clicked, saw the pinned comment and the date. Well played, well played.

[@A.J.1656]

Dang it... got me! When he said they were sending a CIA agent, I said out loud, "Like Jack Ryan?". Then I realized. Lol

[@mrmaster9801]

This was so enjoyable to watch 😊.

[@LWVH81]

Fantastic. My all time favorite movie! Well done v

[@ReZpawner]

Took me about a minute of "wait, was it based on a true story?" before I figured out what day it was. Well played, sir.

[@glitchy_weasel]

April Fools or not, this was a fantastic episode! So action packed too! Would love a series of fictional skirmishes with your narration style and animation, although I don't know if it'll fit your channel. Would definitely look forward for the next April Fools, though!

[@isaaclove1144]

The first torpedo from the Konavalov passed right by and armed on the far side of Red October. The second torpedo impacted Red October and broke up without having armed

[@jubjub7101]

Simply amazing.

[@testtest-lc4xz]

I was thinking to myself how remarkable it was that I didn't know Hunt for Red October was nonfiction. About half way through the video, I noticed it came out 10 days ago, which would have been April 1.

[@mccalejk2]

I watched the whole thing thinking it was real wondering what movie was based off of this 😂

[@janik_5021]

it is based on the mutiny on the Soviet frigate Storoshevoi in 1975... there never was that specific submarine

[@fvg6421]

'Today we sail into History"! Quote, Captain Ramius

[@macmedic892]

“Shale into hishtory”

[@fvg6421]

I stand corrected!

[@HeIsAnAli]

And then the Soviet Anthem is played. "I thought I heard _singing,_ sir."

[@GraphicDesignerStephen]

This was such an engaging and inspiring story they made a movie about it. Crazy!

[@jjma5894]

I love this break down of this. Have you thought of doing a breakdown of Star Trek or SciFi maneuvers. I suggest Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan, Star Trek 6: Undiscovered Country, Star Trek TOS: Balance of Terror.

[@VolkasSur]

This story is based on the book "The Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy which later became a movie and a box office hit. What few people know Is that the book is inspired in real life evento of the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy (translated Sentry) aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet government.

[@cosetteudx]

I just watched a History Channel video about that incident yesterday. .

[@filippofasoli479]

@@cosetteudx the way Tom Clancy tell that accident to an NSA/CIA public is even funnier

[@BigDaddy-yp4mi]

What it was based on was mutiny. The movie took liberty with literally every other single thing lol

[@rickm5654]

I cannot overstate how much I love this. Thank you, Operations Room!

[@altair458]

The hunt for Red October was a great movie. BLIND MAN'S BLUFF was a great book.

[@wadurito]

This is GREAT. Your April Fools joke is definitely an award worthy movie waiting to happen. edit: A friend told me about Red October today.. I should've known this was too good.

[@craiglittle7367]

He did another one based on Top Gun.

[@EchosTackyTiki]

I read in a book about this incident that the Soviet Captain had lost his wife a year prior to the incident, and that it may have had some part in motivating him. Good thing the combat was relegated to action under the water. If the surface groups had become engaged with one another, it would've been the biggest naval battle since Jutland.

[@budwhite9591]

It got a little out of control but we were lucky to live through it

The Soviet captain was also a native-born Lithuanian. So not much love lost for the Soviet Union.

[@deathsquadron3311]

She was also unhealthy....almost dying in the pregnancies she had

[@jansenrosa7062]

​@ didn't the Soviet Union send their entire fast attach submarine fleet in their attempt to locate the boomer?

[@jackkennedy70]

Hunt for Red October

[@spokenolive6769]

I cannot properly express how happy this makes me.

[@kristjen86A]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@ThePuschkin1986]

One of my all-time favorite cold war stories that really happened... 09:44 small correction: the Konovalov's first torpedo did not harmlessly impact the Typhoon, the weapon enabled on the far side of the target, it passed her before it armed. one of the younger Russian officers believed the Americans were shooting at them again, but the Dallas's sonar operator who had boarded it pointed out that the pitch was too high, indicating a Russian torpedo.

[@bluemarlin8138]

After that, Captain Tupolev of the Konavolov ordered his crew to fire again with the right setting and reload both tubes. However, his second shot was defeated by the now-famous Ramius Maneuver. It was then that Captain Tupolev made the fateful decision to order the safety range on his torpedoes set to zero.

[@trolleriffic]

@@bluemarlin8138 I remember Tupolev from Naval Academy and even then he seemed like the kind of ass that was going to end up killing his own crew.

[@qetoun]

''Forty years I've been at sea. A war at sea. A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties''. - Marko Ramius.

[@murraystewartj]

I remember when this was first posted and was taken in for a minute but I knew something was off. I was clueless about the date so didn't connect April 1 with what you were doing. Then my few remaining brain cells connected and I had a good laugh. It just came up agian and I had to watch it for the laughs and to appreciate the time and artistry it took to do this. Two of my favourite media Aprils Fool's gags come from the Guardian (Manchester Guardian in the day). One was a mid-50s feature on the spaghetti farmers of Italy, with photos showing them harvesting the sticks of spaghetti from the field. Back then spaghetti was a weird foreign food to most Brits so they bought it. The other was when in the 70s they did a seven page travel supplement promoting holidays in a fictional island paradise, located off the east coast of Africa, called Sans Seriffe. The two islands were shaped like a semi-colon and all the place names had to do with typographical terms. Look it up, it's on line, and I can only imagine the fun they had creating it. Today you'd never get a newspaper or website to spend the time, effort and expense of producing a multi page supplement or a well produced video as an intelligent joke. Except for The Operations Room. You did a damned fine job with this one and it will remain a classic prank. Good on you!

[@ramoplayzreal]

That was so interesting. I was going to share this with people not interested in military stuff, then I saw the release date...

[@EricDKaufman]

HE FINALLY DID IT!!!! Well done.

[@fvg6421]

"I would like to live in Montana, and buy a pick-up truck'. Quote Captain Borodin

[@jdelark6428]

And when Borodin says at his end "I would like to have seen Montana", that made me tear up a bit. One was really hoping he would get to see and live out his very modest dreams :(

[@marneus]

Do not worry, Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin survived. The CIA gave him a new identity. He went to study his passion, Paleontology and ended doing paleontological excavations in Montana, under his new identity.

[@leobosi]

No papers.

[@seymourkoop9381]

"And raise rabbits. And my wife will cook them for me."

[@jdelark6428]

@@leobosi No papers. State to state.

[@gringo1723]

Compliments to Clancy for providing You with Intellectual material...

[@GT-mq1dx]

That was awesome, I had no idea this ever happened. I did hear a similar story though when I served back in the 80’s from a bubble head friend of mine who told me that his ship had to pick up someone out in the middle of nowhere and that the rumor was that the guy was a CIA agent. He said the guy’s name was Jack something or another but I didn’t believe him at the time.

[@tayzonday]

BIG MISTAKE: If they wanted to defect to the United States in 1984, they needed to play Michael Jackson and Prince ✊

[@chheinrich8486]

Inwould have defected just for transformers 😂