During the fiery conflict, Stickell notified Hunt about Nyah's most recent location: "She's moved out of the city.With McClane in pursuit, he killed a few of the men - and followed on one of the snowmobiles.He accidentally discovered that the mercenaries' guns were firing blank ammunition (their cartridges were marked with blue tape; live ammo was marked with red tape).She extended her hand, raised it, snapped her fingers, and watched as there was a split-second difference between the reflections." A line of Russian submarines off the East Coast US ports was troubling, as well as a massive row of attack subs and surface vessels in the North Atlantic - too much firepower for a simple rescue mission.Ryan backed up his beliefs with only his personal feelings: "I don't think he did it, sir." Although Nemerov publically claimed responsibility on television for the nerve gas attack, privately, he knew that "unhappy old Communists," two Generals, were actually responsible, and he ordered Grushkov to have them "disappear.