Somewhere in the Night

Red Storm Rising (1986) - Tom Clancy

(from internet transcript)

Chapter 15 – The Bastion Gambit

A new series of dots appeared at the bottom of the screen. A sonarman punched a button for a more selective frequency setting, altering the display slightly, then plugged in a pair of microphones. The display was on fast-speed image generation, and McCafferty saw the dots grow to lines around bearing one-nine-eight, the direction to the Kola channel.

"Lots of confused noise, skipper," the sonarman reported. "I read Alfas and Charlies coming out, with other stuff behind them. Blade count on one Alfa is something like thirty knots. Lots of noise behind them, sir."

The visual display confirmed it a minute later. The frequency– or tonelines were in the areas known to depict specific classes of submarines, all moving at high speed to clear the harbor. The bearing-to-contact lines spread apart as the boats fanned out. The boats had already dived, he noted. Usually Soviet submarines didn't dive until they were well offshore.

"Ship count is over twenty, sir," the chief sonarman said quietly. "We have a major sortie here."

"Sure looks like it." McCafferty moved back to the attack center. His men were already entering the contact positions into the fire-control computer, and sketching paper tracks on the chart table. The war hadn't started yet, and though it appeared it could come at any time, McCafferty's orders were to keep clear of any Soviet formation until the Word came. He didn't like it-better to get his blows in quick-but Washington had made it clear they wanted no one to cause an incident that might prevent some kind of diplomatic settlement. That made sense, the captain admitted to himself. Maybe the lace-panty folks could still get things under control. A faint hope, but a real one. Real enough to overcome his tactical desire to hold an attack position.








Somewhere in the Night (1946)

(from internet transcript)

George Taylor: I won't let them know I can't remember. I won't let them dig him up!








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Air University

On 25 May 2002, Sioux City airport honored Day by renaming their airport Colonel Bud Day Field.








Red Storm Rising (1986) - Tom Clancy

(from internet transcript)

Chapter 35 – Time on Target

"Both fish have acquired the target!"

"Up scope!" McCafferty let it go all the way up before pulling the handles down. At full magnification the Grisha nearly filled the lens, and then both fish hit her port side and the thousand-ton patrol frigate disintegrated before his eyes. He turned completely around, sweeping the horizon to check for additional enemy ships. "Okay, it's clear."

"That won't last very long. He was shooting at Providence, sir."

"Sonar, what do you have on zero-nine-zero?" McCafferty asked.

"Lotsa noise from the fish, sir, but I think we have blowing air at zero-nine-eight."

"Get us over there." McCafferty kept the periscope up as the XO conned the sub toward Providence. The Grisha was well and truly destroyed. Together the torpedoes carried nearly fifteen hundred pounds of high explosives. He saw two life rafts that had inflated automatically on hitting the water, but no men.

"Boston is calling on the gertrude, skipper. They want to know what the hell happened."








https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/quotes

IMDb

Deep Impact (1998)

Quotes

[President Beck & Jenny are discussing the upcoming news conference about the comet]

Jenny Lerner: I want exclusivity.

President Beck: Now listen, young lady. This is a presidential favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it may seem like we have each other over the same barrel but it just seems that way.

Jenny Lerner: I want...

President Beck: You want?



- posted by Kerry Burgess 12:13 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 11/20/2019