The Hunt for Red October vessel. It is equipped with a cutting-edge silent propulsion system, known as the caterpillar drive, that makes audio detection by passive sonar extremely difficult and enables the submarine to sneak its way into American offshore waters and launch nuclear missiles with little or no warning. As the ship leaves the shipyard at Polyarny, Ramius kills Ivan Putin, his political officer, to ensure that he will not interfere with the defection. Initially, Ramius was instructed to conduct military exercises with Soviet attack submarine "V. K. Konovalov", commanded by his former student Viktor Tupolev, for the purpose of testing the effectiveness of
The Red Eagle in the original series to being addicted to morphine in the new film. "The Red Eagle" had its world premiere in Bangkok on October 4, 2010. "The Red Eagle" was released in Thailand on October 7, 2010. The film had its international premiere at the 15th Busan International Film Festival on October 10. "The Red Eagle"'s Thai box office returns have been described as "underperformed" and "disappointing". "The Red Eagle" received generally negative reception from English language critics on its release. Film Business Asia gave the film a rating of three out of ten and called the film a "repetitive