Respuesta :

Answer: I believe it was because Ramius was ordered to conduct military exercises with Soviet Alfa-class attack submarine V. K. Konovalov, commanded by his former student Viktor Tupolev, in order to test the effectiveness of the caterpillar drive.

Explanation:

I believe that Ramius stole the Red October submarines because he would want take revenge for his wife death to the American and want to start a WW3 to the Us and Russia(Soviet Union)