:34:05
lf that rate is maintained,
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our planet has a life expectancy
of about three weeks.
:34:15
Therefore... therefore, if we are to avoid
cremation, we must act at once.
:34:22
Lucius, let me have those charts of ours
and the maps, please. Thank you.
:34:26
Now, if l may make a comparison,
:34:29
when a diseased appendage
threatens the life of a human body,
:34:33
a doctor has no choice but to amputate.
:34:35
We have no choice either.
We must amputate the belt, or die.
:34:40
Amputate? How?
:34:42
Not with a knife, Doctor,
but with a shot in the heart.
:34:45
The burning belt must be exploded
clear of the Earth's magnetic field,
:34:50
and we have exactly 16 days
and three hours in which to do it.
:34:55
- How do you arrive at that particular timing?
- How?
:34:58
We have worked out the mathematical
formula, and our figures are correct.
:35:04
He irritates me.
:35:05
The shot must take place
on August 29th at exactly 4pm.
:35:10
The locatíon of thís operatíon
ís as vítal as the tíme.
:35:14
A place 205 míles north-northwest
of Guam ín the Maríanas lslands.
:35:22
To be exact... Where are
those figures, Lucíus? Ah.
:35:26
To be exact, latitude 15 degrees north,
longitude 145 degrees east.
:35:33
The location and the time
are dictated by the Earth's rotation
:35:37
and the consequent trajectory of firing.
:35:39
Firing of what, Admiral?
:35:42
An atomic missile, Doctor,
fired from the submarine Seavíew.
:35:46
The missile will arc along the burning belt.
:35:49
As it detonates, it will give the flames
an overdose of radiation,
:35:52
causing the belt
to explode outward into space.
:35:55
To simplify it, take a toy balloon. A little
too much air, and poof! No balloon.