From the political strife of Asia, a new independent nation emerges. Its leader is brash. Its military commands a nuclear arsenal. And its most powerful geographic neighbor has shocked the world by launching a preemptive strike against this perceived threat. The result: worldwide outrage. A U.N. blockade against the aggressors is met with underwater attacks. Now Admiral Michael Pacino is forced to assign his captain an impossible mission: take on one of the world's strongest nations... and destroy one of the greatest submarine fleets in the world.