:56:00
He's dead.
:56:01
Jack, their SAM system
is now operational.
:56:09
I guess that puts us in a
whole new ballgame here.
:56:15
Are they proving that guns can kill?
:56:17
Who can be responsible for
such a stupid, insane act?
:56:21
You're sure it was shot down?
:56:23
When did it happen?
:56:24
Yes, just a minute, please,
:56:25
I want everything you've got,
the name of the pilot.
:56:27
The plane was shot down
up to three hours ago.
:56:28
We're trying to fix the exact time.
:56:29
The pilot was Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr.
:56:31
He flew the mission that discovered
the missiles on October 14th.
:56:34
Give me some information
on his family, Kenny.
:56:36
We can't send out those U-2 pilots now
:56:37
unless we knock out those SAM sites.
:56:39
I want absolute verification that
:56:41
that U-2 plane was shot down
and didn't crash accidentally,
:56:43
a very careful review here.
:56:45
Mr. President, there's no doubt
that the report is accurate.
:56:51
Mr. President, we have no option
:56:54
but to launch a military response
to a military attack.
:56:57
We're on very hazardous ground here.
:57:04
Now, the conventional response,
:57:06
our planned response would be
to attack Cuba now.
:57:09
But if we do and the Russians respond
by attacking Turkey,
:57:11
whas our next move?
:57:14
We launch our Jupiter missiles there?
:57:19
Do the Russians then respond
by launching a missile barrage
:57:21
from Russia or from Cuba?
:57:30
Can I set this chain of events
into motion
:57:31
without taking Turkey and NATO
into my confidence?
:57:34
Don't they have a right
to know what we're doing
:57:36
when our decisions have
such devastating implications?
:57:43
Am I going to launch
an all out nuclear war
:57:46
because one junior officer
in Cuba pushed a button
:57:49
he shouldn't have pushed
and killed one pilot?
:57:54
This is a direct order from
the President of the United States:
:57:58
all American missiles
with atomic warheads