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'''Red Storm Rising''' is a techno-thriller novel by [[Tom Clancy]] (assisted by Larry Bond), published in 1986. It describes a conventional war between the [[Warsaw Pact]] nations and [[NATO]]. It is one of two Clancy novels which are not set in the [[Ryanverse]].
'''Red Storm Rising''' is a techno-thriller novel by [[Tom Clancy]] (assisted by Larry Bond), published in 1986. It describes a conventional war between the [[Warsaw Pact]] nations and [[NATO]]. It is one of two Clancy novels which are not set in the [[Ryaniverse]].
== Plot ==
== Plot ==
In the opening days of the war, Soviet forces seize Keflavik, Iceland, disrupting the SOSUS lines of hydrophones designed to detect Soviet submarines, and the Soviet navy places their ballistic missile submarines in port, allowing them to use their entire attack submarine force against resupply convoys. The NATO expedition against Iceland is disastrous: Badger and Backfire bombers fire cruise missiles at the task force, severely damaging the carriers ''Nimitz'' and ''Saratoga'', and sinking the transport ''Saipan'' and the French aircraft carrier ''Foch''.
In the opening days of the war, Soviet forces seize Keflavik, Iceland, disrupting the SOSUS lines of hydrophones designed to detect Soviet submarines, and the Soviet navy places their ballistic missile submarines in port, allowing them to use their entire attack submarine force against resupply convoys. The NATO expedition against Iceland is disastrous: Badger and Backfire bombers fire cruise missiles at the task force, severely damaging the carriers ''Nimitz'' and ''Saratoga'', and sinking the transport ''Saipan'' and the French aircraft carrier ''Foch''.
In Germany, the campaign settles to a high-tech war of attrition. The Soviets attempt a breakthough through NATO lines, but succeed only at Alfeld, where General Alekseyev leads a brilliant assault, but NATO reinforcements arrive and the Soviets cannot capitalize on it.
An attack on the Soviet bomber bases by American fast-attack submarines armed with Tomahawk missiles eliminates nearly half of the aircraft, severely hampering the Soviet's convoy killing ability.