- What happened?
- Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the torpedo, the captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Hunt for Red October movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:59:15.877 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Torpedo impact... 20 seconds.
- I wrote a biography on Admiral Halsey called The Fighting Sailor, about naval combat tactics.
- I know this book. Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan. Halsey acted stupidly.
- Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two... torpedo impact... now.
- Right now Captain Tupolov is removing the safety features on all his weapons.
- He won't make the same mistake twice.
- Vasily, have you plotted a solution yet?
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