The Hunt for Red October story was about a Russian sub commander that defected to bring the most powerful weapon they had because he knew the intention was to strike first. Him and a small group US military/intelligence worked together, to prevent that from happening. A lot of deception.
I believe Putin was pushing back against the Cabal for awhile. Obama was still attempting to lure him in. When he wouldn't budge, they framed Russia and signed the Magnitsky Act, meant to hurt them financially. Notice Putin's response was the deny adoption? (Kids). That's when Military started the plan to recruit Trump.
Jump forward to the campaign, and Trump mentioned wanting to make friends with Putin. Suddenly Russia was the major threat to the country, where as they laughed about it in 2012. In their typical pattern, they had to turn what they did against the other side, and the DNC stolen data allowed them to spin it towards Trump and Russia.
Everything was done behind the scenes and put into place, and October, 2017 is when the plan was put into motion, and anons gave the cover necessary to carry it out.
We are Red October. We are armed.