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From: jhs@druhi.UUCP (ShoreJ)
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Subject: Re: Date of RED OCTOBER
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 17:07:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 17:07:13 1986
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> There has been some discussion among my friends as to when RED 
> OCTOBER takes place.  In fact, there are indications in the 
> book that it is in the future, .... One rather suspects that the 
> technology will be out of date by then.
>
>                               Mark Leeper
>                               ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper

One would also rather suspect, Mark, that H.G. Wells' equipment
might very well be out of date, too! And I'd bet that most of
the equipment used in WW II is out of date as well, which doesn't
invalidate stories out of that era either. Etc., etc., ....

Regarding the technology issue itself, most U.S. and U.K. 
equipment will still be around and in active operation in '93,
which *is* only 7 years away, after all. I rode the boats from
'66 to '72, and, with the normal exception of additions due to
new technology and the usual phasing-out of obsolescent gear,
most of it still exists in the fleet today. I can't speak to
the Soviet equipment issue, but I suspect it is much the same.
(I'd love to see a Red October-type drive system!)

-- Jeff Shore
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