Older People Are Sharing The Worst On-Screen Inaccuracies About Real Events

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“Submarine movies, especially Crimson Tide. I was serving on the USS Alabama when the movie was made. Talking about all of the inaccuracies would take me a while.”

“I’ll give one example. At the time, I think there were about a dozen Trident submarines based in Bangor, Washington. At any given time, most of them are underway, standing by to launch their missiles if needed.

So, if a rebel Russian general took over a missile base and threatened to launch missiles at the US, would you rush the already very short time to get the USS Alabama refitted from its last patrol and spend 12 days cruising across the Pacific, or would you give that task to one of the other subs that is already in position to launch before the Russian general even decided to rebel?”

—ghotiermann

“Crimson Tide is set in 1995. During the birthday party, Commander Hunter is watching the news when the newscaster states ‘Threatened to use nuclear arms on the United States and Japan…should anyone, including the Russian Army, attempt to move in on him.’ The missile being erected is a US Pershing II, which was eliminated in 1991.”

—gadget850