: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.
:27:02
I'm afraid not. The planes were holding
at their fail-safe points...
:27:07
when the go code was issued.
:27:09
Once they fly beyond fail-safe, they do
not require a second order to proceed.
:27:13
Theywill continue
until they reach their target.
:27:15
Then why haven'tyou radioed the planes,
countermanding the go code?
:27:20
We're unable to communicate
with any ofthe aircraft.
:27:23
Why?
:27:25
As you may recall, sir...
:27:28
one ofthe provisions
of Plan R provides...
:27:31
that once the go code
is received...
:27:36
the normal S.S.B. radios
in the aircraft...
:27:40
are switched into
a special coded device...
:27:42
which I believe is designated
as C.R.M. 1 1 4.
:27:45
In order to prevent the enemy
from issuing fake or confusing orders...
:27:50
C.R.M. 1 1 4 is designed
not to receive at all...
:27:54
unless the message is proceeded by the
correct three-letter code group prefix.
:27:59
You mean to tell meyou will be unable
to recall the aircraft?