:53:01
All right, gentlemen,
let's get on with it.
:53:04
All ahead one-third.
:53:07
- [Bell Ringing]
- Steady as you go.
:53:10
All ahead one-third.
Steady. Aye, sir.
:53:13
Make your depth 150 feet.
Zero bubble.
:53:16
Up slow and silent
to launch depth.
:53:18
Up slow and silent to launch depth.
Aye, aye, Captain.
:53:23
Captain?
Got the EAM.
:53:29
- What do you think?
- I think there's nothing on this.
:53:32
Yes, sir. It, uh, got cut off
during the attack.
:53:35
Then it's meaningless.
:53:37
Sir, this is an EAM
pertaining to nuclear missiles.
:53:40
No, Mr. Hunter,
that's a message fragment.
:53:43
Because it got cut off
during the attack, sir.
:53:45
The message could mean anything.
It could be a message to abort.
:53:47
- It could be a message...
- Could be a fake Russian transmission.
:53:49
Which is exactly why
we need to confirm it, sir.
:53:51
- All I'm asking for is the time
we need to get back on line.
- Calm down, Mr. Hunter.
:53:54
- I am calm.
- You don't appear to be calm.
:53:57
Conn/Weapons: Missile systems
ready to launch in four minutes.
:54:00
- Step aside, seaman.
- Yes, sir.
:54:02
[Faint Radio Transmission]
:54:07
We have orders in hand, and those orders
are to make a preemptive launch.
:54:11
Every second that we lose
increases the chances...
:54:13
that by the time our missiles arrive,
their silos could be empty...
:54:16
'cause they've flown their birds
and struck us first.
:54:18
- Yes, sir.
- You know as well as I do...
:54:20
that any launch order received without
authentication is no order at all.
:54:23
- Captain... National Mili...
- That's our #1 rule.
:54:25
That rule is the basis for the scenario
we've trained on time and time again.
:54:28
- Yes, sir.
- It's a rule we follow
without exception.
:54:31
Captain, National Military Command
Center knows what sector we're in.
:54:34
They have satellites looking down on us
to see if our birds are aloft.
:54:37
And if they're not, then they give
our orders to somebody else.
:54:40
That's why we maintain more than one
sub. It's what they call "redundancy."
:54:43
- I know about redundancy, Mr. Hunter.
- All I'm saying...
:54:54
All I'm saying, Captain,
is that we have backup.
:54:57
Now, it's our duty not to launch
until we can confirm.