:51:02
Dr. Strangelove, do we have anything
like that in the works?
:51:06
A moment, please, Mr. President.
:51:11
Under the authority granted me...
:51:15
as director ofweapons research
and development...
:51:19
I commissioned lastyear
a study ofthis project...
:51:23
by the Bland Corporation.
:51:26
Based on the findings ofthe report...
:51:29
my conclusion was that this idea
was not a practical deterrent...
:51:35
for reasons which at this moment
must be all too obvious.
:51:38
You mean it is possible for them
to have built such a thing?
:51:46
Mr. President, the technology required
is easilywithin the means...
:51:51
ofeven the smallest nuclear power.
:51:55
It requires only the will to do so.
:52:00
But how is it possible for this thing
to be triggered automatically...
:52:04
and at the same time
impossible to un-trigger?
:52:07
Mr. President,
it is not only possible...
:52:11
it is essential.
:52:13
That is the whole idea
ofthis machine, you know.
:52:17
Deterrence is the art ofproducing
in the mind ofthe enemy...
:52:23
the fear ofattack.
:52:25
And so because ofthe automated and
irrevocable decision-making process...
:52:30
which rules out human meddling...
:52:34
the doomsday machine is terrifying...
:52:38
and simple to understand...
:52:40
and completely credible
and convincing.
:52:44
I wish we had one ofthem
doomsday machines.
:52:48
But this is fantastic, Strangelove.
How can it be triggered automatically?
:52:51
It's remarkably simple to do that.
:52:55
When you merelywish to bury bombs...
:52:59
there's no limit to the size.