Editing The Hunt for Red October (section)

== Theories about source of the story ==
* The 2005 book ''The Last Sentry: Valery Sablin and the True Hunt for Red October'' by Gregory D Young and Nate Braden suggests that the novel was based on the [[Soviet frigate Storozhevoy]] [[Valery Sablin|mutiny]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Last Sentry: Valery Sablin and the True Hunt for Red October|author1=Gregory D. Young|author2=Nate Braden|publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|date=15 June 2005|isbn=9781591149927}}</ref> While Clancy was researching the mutiny, he read Young's master thesis about the incident. Clancy wrote to Young asking for a reference copy and permission to quote the thesis in the novel he was drafting. Clancy outlines ''The Hunt for Red October'' in considerable detail and concludes by asking Young for other reliable naval reference books.<ref>Clancy, Tom. [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25193436-tom_clancy_1982_letter_to_gregory_d_young Letter to Lt. Gregory D. Young USN]. November 12, 1982.</ref>
* The 2020 [[Muse Entertainment]] documentary ''The Real Hunt for Red October'' claims that the story of Red October is based on the loss of [[Soviet submarine K-129 (1960)|Soviet submarine K-129]], which was lost in 1968, and recovered by 1974's [[Project Azorian]].<ref>{{cite AV media |date= 2021|title=The Real Hunt for Red October |type=Television production |language= English |publisher=[[Muse Entertainment]]}}</ref>
* The 1976 defection of [[Viktor Belenko]] flying his MiG-25P "Foxbat" aircraft from the Soviet Union to Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theaviationist.com/2018/09/06/the-daring-defection-of-the-secret-soviet-super-fighter/ | title=The Daring Defection of the Secret Soviet Super Fighter | date=September 6, 2018 }}</ref>