Fail-Safe
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:38:37
Code sequence correct for today, sir.
Signal is go.

:38:43
We will now both open
our operational orders.

:39:19
Ready for approach
and penetration orders, sir.

:39:27
You say these alerts happen
halfa dozen times a month?

:39:30
About that.
Not usually so dramatic.

:39:32
We rarely get
to the fail-safe point.

:39:34
I'd be a nervous wreck.
:39:36
So would I ifI had
to make a speech in Congress.

:39:41
That blip up there at ten o'clock.
It's headed into Russia.

:39:52
That is why some people advocate
a return to manned bombers...

:39:54
for a first-rate retaliation,
rather than missiles.

:39:57
They are slower and give more time
for evaluation and analysis.


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