OK, just putting this out there guys:
https:// news.usni.org/2016/03/11/u-s-official-north-korean-submarine-is-missing-presumed-sunk
A Nork sub went missing in early March, 2016.
Q posted "THe Hunt For_RED OCTOBER, then subsequently removed "The Hunt For".
In Tom Clancy's book, they deliberately pretended that RO was sunk so that the Russians would stop looking. If that sub is in USMI hands, they could weasel right up to NK's shore and launch missiles at their whim.
Possible?