:25:03
to attack their targets
inside Russia.
:25:06
The planes are fully armed
with nuclearweapons...
:25:11
with an average load
of40 megatons each.
:25:14
The central display of Russia will
indicate the position ofthe planes.
:25:20
The triangles
are their primary targets.
:25:24
The squares
are their secondary targets.
:25:28
The aircraft will begin penetrating
Russian radar coverwithin 25 minutes.
:25:35
General Turgidson, I find this
very difficult to understand.
:25:38
I understood I was the only one
to order the use ofnuclearweapons.
:25:45
That's right, sir. You are
the only person authorized to do so.
:25:49
And although I hate tojudge
before all the facts are in...
:25:53
it's beginning to look like
General Ripper exceeded his authority.
:25:57
It certainly does, far beyond the point
I would have imagined possible.
:26:02
Perhaps you're forgetting
the provisions of Plan R, sir.
:26:06
Plan R?
:26:09
Plan R is an emergencywar plan...
:26:13
in which a lower echelon commander
may order...
:26:15
nuclear retaliation
after a sneak attack...
:26:18
ifthe normal chain ofcommand
has been disrupted.
:26:22
You approved it, sir.
You must remember.
:26:26
Surelyyou must recall, sir,
when Senator Beaufort made...
:26:30
that big hassle about our deterrent
lacking credibility.
:26:33
The idea was for Plan R to be
a sort ofretaliatory safeguard.
:26:38
A safeguard?
:26:40
I admit the human element seems
to have failed us here.
:26:44
But the idea was to discourage
the Ruskies from any hope...
:26:47
they could knock out Washington, and
yourself, as part ofa sneak attack...
:26:52
and escape retaliation because oflack
ofproper command and control.
:26:56
I assume the planes will return
automatically...
:26:59
once they reach their fail-safe points.