The model of the Alfa-class V.K. Konovalov submarine, Red October’s nemesis, used in the 1990 movie. Catone bought the smaller sub with Red October in a recent auction.

The Red October, featured in both a Tom Clancy novel and a movie starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, seemed so genuine. Was it a real Soviet submarine?

Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October holds up as a well-researched and engaging work of fiction about Cold War tensions and political intrigue.