Mais cedo, um torpedo soviético não detonou quando atingiu o Outubro Vermelho ... devido a "recursos de segurança" serem ativados.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Torpedo impact, 5 seconds.
[the torpedo slams into the bow of Red October and breaks up on impact]
Commander Bart Mancuso: I'll be damned!
Jack Ryan: What happened?
Commander Bart Mancuso: Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the path of the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.
Jack Ryan: So that's it?
Captain Ramius: Not quite. Right now Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons. He won't make the same mistake twice.
Konovalov Crewman: Torpedo, Dead Ahead!
Andrei Bonovia: [to Captain Tupolev] You arrogant ass! You've killed us!
[just moments later, the Konovalov explodes.]
Claro, esta é uma construção de filme para propósitos dramáticos ... nenhuma tal cena final aparece na novela original onde, de fato, o Konovalov está literalmente batido e esmagado pelo outubro vermelho .
The Red October rammed the Konovalov just aft of midships at a thirty-degree angle. The force of the collision ruptured the Konovalov‘s titanium pressure hull and crumpled the October‘s bow as if it were a beer can.
The Konovalov had had full watertight integrity set. It did not make a difference. Two compartments were instantly vented to the sea, and the bulkhead between the control room and the after compartments failed a moment later from hull deformation. The last thing that Tupolev saw was a curtain of white foam coming from the starboard side.