:24:01
and the international
Communist conspiracy...
:24:05
to sap and impurify...
:24:08
all ofour precious
bodily fluids.
:24:18
Staines, is everybody here?
:24:19
Mr. President, the secretary ofstate
is in Vietnam.
:24:22
The secretary ofdefense is in Laos, and
the vice president is in Mexico City.
:24:26
We can establish contact with them at
anytime. The undersecretaries are here.
:24:31
Right. General Turgidson,
what's going on?
:24:36
Mr. President...
:24:38
about 35 minutes ago...
:24:42
GeneralJack Ripper,
the commanding general...
:24:46
of Burpelson Air Force Base...
:24:48
issued an order to the 34 B-52s
ofhis Wing...
:24:52
which were airborne at the time...
:24:54
as part ofa special exercise we were
holding called Operation Dropkick.
:24:58
It appears that the order
called for the planes...
:25:03
to attack their targets
inside Russia.
:25:06
The planes are fully armed
with nuclearweapons...
:25:11
with an average load
of40 megatons each.
:25:14
The central display of Russia will
indicate the position ofthe planes.
:25:20
The triangles
are their primary targets.
:25:24
The squares
are their secondary targets.
:25:28
The aircraft will begin penetrating
Russian radar coverwithin 25 minutes.
:25:35
General Turgidson, I find this
very difficult to understand.
:25:38
I understood I was the only one
to order the use ofnuclearweapons.
:25:45
That's right, sir. You are
the only person authorized to do so.
:25:49
And although I hate tojudge
before all the facts are in...
:25:53
it's beginning to look like
General Ripper exceeded his authority.
:25:57
It certainly does, far beyond the point
I would have imagined possible.