Crazy Ivan

The baffles zone which is unable to check without "Crazy Ivan" maneuver

Crazy Ivan is a cold war term used in the US to describe two different concepts. The most common usage was the name given to a maneuver used by Soviet submarines to clear their baffles by performing a sudden, unexpected and dangerous 360° turn abaft, to see if they were being followed to their stern in the baffles, the spinning of which prevents Sonar from detecting the pursuing vessel [1] . The second use was a catch-all term for the possibility of a rogue Soviet leader committing to military action, typically in reference to a limited launch of ICBMs against the US. The term Red October was sometimes used to describe the second concept,[2] a reference to the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October in which a rogue Soviet submarine commander appears to threaten to launch a nuclear strike on the US. The novel uses the first version of the term as a plot point.

References

  1. ↑ Kilian, Michael. "For Nuclear Subs and Their Crews, the Cold War Is Far frm Over". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune Publishing Co. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Evans, Dave (28 May 1991). "Crazy Ivan keeps missile afloat". Chicago Tribune.


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