Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood (add more)
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After Clint Eastwood shoots down the 'Badger' reconnaissance plane, it should have given away his position. But the Russians at the command centre still had no clue as to where the Firefox could be. There isn't even a mention of the missing recon plane. [Meaning they weren't aware of it yet.]
When Clint Eastwood is confronted with the Russian cruiser, he says he can't take evasive action because he is low on fuel, so what does he do? he flies over the cruiser at full throttle. This would burn more fuel than if he had taken evasive action. [The trouble in this case is that fuel was already quite low enough for reaching the pre-established rendevouz point; taking evasive action (especially at high speed) and correcting the course again would certainly use more fuel than going in a straight line. Therefore, it is only logical that Gant has to barge right into the cruiser.]
About 5 minutes into the film Clint Eastwood is having a Vietnam flashback where he is being rescued by American aircraft. One plane is a World War II era fighter used more than 20 years before the Vietnam war. [This is not a mistake, these planes were still used in Vietnam for ground attack as they were far harder for new Russian-made SAM's to home in on. They were nicknamed "Sandies".]
Corrected by Grumpy Scot
It's funny how when Clint Eastwood lands the Firefox on the ice to refuel, the American submarine crew immediately attach the U.S designed fuel pump nozzle perfectly onto the Russian designed fuel intake on the Mig that the Americans knew nothing about. How did they even know what type of fuel it takes? [MiG-29's and SU-27's were designed to operate from captured airbases in Europe in the event of a massive land war. Most of the fittings are desinged to work at these Western bases. Since the "MiG-31 FIREFOX" was supposedly built at the height of the Cold War and after the MiG-29, this is perfectly reasonable]
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