 Bond escapes and frees the captured British, Russian, and American sailors and they battle the "Liparus"s crew, but the joint U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R. submariner coalition suffers heavy casualties just taking back the sub pen before managing to breach the control room, only to learn from the dying captain of the "Liparus" that the commandeered British and Soviet submarines are primed to fire their nukes in only a few minutes to ignite World War III.Bond reprograms the submarines to fire the nukes at each other, saving Moscow and New York City while destroying the subs and Stromberg's crews on both of them in the resulting nuclear explosions.The victorious submariners escape the sinking "Liparus" on the American submarine.