How accurate are Tom Clancy books compared to the real US intelligence, army, etc.?

[MastanKhan]

Who knows 02-27 might have done this to the Indians too!!! I know you’re not at all satisfied with the low intensity of that day....

Hi,

That is correct---.

 

[LeGenD]

@MastanKhan

Lot of information have surfaced in the public domain over time via different routes and sources, and much can be extracted via decent OSINT and/or researching skills.

For instance, information in following posts:-

[1] https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-ballistic-missile-defence.373066/page-5#post-11579121

[2] https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-ballistic-missile-defence.373066/page-5#post-11579124

- tell much about the capabilities of latest American defensive applications and emerging plans in a broad fashion but these juicy details are out there in the public domain. My academic training came in handy though.

I am into understanding and appreciating technology and affiliated trends at personal capacity, this is the only reason why my posts might give pro-US vibes at times because US is the ultimate driver of innovation worldwide followed by Israel and China.

However, there are layers of WWW which are very difficult to access, or nigh impossible. These layers contain much juicy information but also have tough security measures (access prohibited to general audience).

 

[Armchair]

Hi,

The biggest fear the US intel agy's have is of actual material leaking out thru these books---and they cannot control it--.

Over 10 years ago---I read that china was the largest buyer of these types of works of fiction---.

I wrote that info on the pakdef.info forum----I used to be a member of pakdef.info ---- and there was this fool H Khan---him and some of his cronies bashed me real hard---.

I hear he is a big time defense analyst somewhere---.

H Khan, aka Harris Khan, is a retired Pak senior military officer who does some real estate in sunny Florida, while massaging his ego as a "defense analyst" along with the rest of the Pakdef coterie.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

Hi Mangus,

I will give it another twist---. I believe that Tom Clancy was planted by the agency---and all that info in the book " The Hunt For Red October " was pretty much truthful---the sensors---the weapons---the tracking of russian subs---the operational procedures---.

The americans just put them out in the open in a book for everyone in the world to read---.

There were many skeptics---and only those who knew the truth on the otherside---their beliefs and convictions were shook right down to their very roots---.

Their belief and faith in their equipment and their procedures was shattered by that book---. It made those operators indecisive---uncertain---clueless---lost---in whatever direction they were looking---they were seeing the lurking american subs---it just destroyed the psyche of the russian naval fleet---thus rendering it useless---.

There are a million and one ways to fight a war---. You destroy the enemy's will to fight---you have fought and won that war---.

The book comes out in 1984---the soviet union is done in 1991---.

MK,

FleetStreet is still up and running!

Mangus

 

[Arsalan]

I don't know man. All i know is he wrote about what was actually pump-jet propulsion in his novel "The hunt for red October" in 1984 when the sea wolf class submarine using pump-jet came in 1989!

And then the methods of Russian hunting that sub, the tactics and such details. Imagine how the Soviets would have felt about it.

 

[sparten]

he described the Samugli airbase near Quetta very well as an example and spiced up the technical detail of Anza 2 missile in another book too. describing Abbotabad, Aabpara ISI and the Musa company of SSG as a passing reference in one of the later books had a bit of fact and fiction

Which book was this?
Anza Mk II?

 

[nahtanbob]

I’ve read all of Tom Clancy’s books and even talked to the man a few times. Clancy was not only a great writer but also a very patriotic guy. He would never compromise US national security by publishing classified material in his books.

I enjoyed four movies based on his novels

Sum of all fears
Clear and Present Danger
Patriot Games
The Hunt for Red October

 

[cloud4000]

I enjoyed four movies based on his novels

Sum of all fears
Clear and Present Danger
Patriot Games
The Hunt for Red October

My favorite book and movie are The Hunt for Red October. The other movies, starring Harrison Ford, did not impress me too much.

But it's sad what Tom Clancy has become, especially since his death. He's gone the James Patterson route, in that he has become a commodity. Now there are novels with his name on it but are written by others.

 

[nahtanbob]

My favorite book and movie are The Hunt for Red October. The other movies, starring Harrison Ford, did not impress me too much.

But it's sad what Tom Clancy has become, especially since his death. He's gone the James Patterson route, in that he has become a commodity. Now there are novels with his name on it but are written by others.

The Sum of all Fears was not Harrison Ford
I would agree the Hunt for Red October was the best of all lot

 

[cloud4000]

The Sum of all Fears was not Harrison Ford
I would agree the Hunt for Red October was the best of all lot

I forgot about that. And it was the worst of the bunch. Nevertheless, have you seen the Jack Ryan series on Amazon Prime? It's pretty good.

 

[nahtanbob]

I forgot about that. And it was the worst of the bunch. Nevertheless, have you seen the Jack Ryan series on Amazon Prime? It's pretty good.

it was the scariest for me - superbowl crowd gets blown by a nuke

 

[cloud4000]

it was the scariest for me - superbowl crowd gets blown by a nuke

I didn't like the liberties they took. In the book, the villain was Middle Eastern, but in the movie, it was a Nazi.

 

[nahtanbob]

I didn't like the liberties they took. In the book, the villain was Middle Eastern, but in the movie, it was a Nazi.

yeah the last thing we want is a Muslim villain