Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) is a young history phd with an amazing determination forged by an war injury causing him to finish his fourth year of college from bed. Gifted with an usual mind for detail and an insight into the behaviors and mental processes of the Russian Caption, Ramo Marcos, Ryan gets a chance to impress some of the top ranking brass in the Pentagon. Ryan works for the central intelligence and performs the mundane work of associated with intelligence. Ryan is summoned by a long time friend who happens to be the director of the CIA because of his analysis of Ramos. Admiral Geer played by James Earl Jones shows Ryan a new Russian submarine which Ryan immedite points out the usual intakes and ask "What are these?" Ryan new assignment is to discover the purposes of the new Russian submarine design. Ryan decides to consult a friend in the submarine business and shows him pictures of the new submarine. After a little thought he eliminates the possiblity it could be missile doors reasoning its unfeasibility to launch a missile sideways. A hunch comes of the engineer and he realizes that it a magneto propulsion system capable of squeezing water out like a jet engine and with one hugh advantage, it could run nearly silently. His friend tells him that he help his daddy build a bomb shelter as a young man because of first strike fears.[Learn More ...]