Även om det inte finns några bevis på ett eller annat sätt att sovjetiska torpederna hade samma självförstörelsekapacitet som de amerikanska var de förmodligen avstängda .
Tidigare misslyckades en sovjetisk torpedo att detonera när den träffar Red October ... på grund av att "säkerhetsfunktioner" är aktiverade.
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.]
Det här är naturligtvis en filmkonstruktion för dramatiska ändamål ... ingen sådan slutgiltig scen visas i den ursprungliga romanen, där Konovalov faktiskt är rammed och krossas av Red October .
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.