:31:00
We'd look pretty bad shooting up
a freighter full of baby food
:31:03
We sure as shit would
:31:07
Captain, I want you
to maintain contact with those ships
:31:09
and do nothing until I order otherwise
Is that clear?
:31:13
Yes, Mr. President
:31:14
Contact only
:31:23
At its beginning
:31:24
this day looked as though
it might be one of...
:31:27
armed conflict between
Soviet vessels and American war ships
:31:28
on the sea lanes leading to Cuba
:31:33
Find out how close
our exercises are coming...
:31:35
to their anti-ship missiles
:32:03
Goddammit
:32:04
How the goddamn hell
could this happen?
:32:06
I will have Power's head on a platter
:32:08
Next to LeMay's
:32:10
Kenny, you hear me
give the order to got o DEFCON 2?
:32:14
'Cause I remember
giving the order to go to DEFCON 3
:32:16
but I must be suffering from amnesia
:32:19
I've just been informed
our nuclear forces are at DEFCON 2
:32:22
Mr. President
:32:23
the orders were limited...
:32:25
to our strategic forces
in the continental United States
:32:29
General LeMay is correct
:32:31
Technically
SAC has the statutory authority...
:32:33
I have the authority!
:32:35
I am the commander-in-chief
of the United States
:32:37
and I say when we go to war
:32:42
We're not at war, sir
Not until DEFCON 1
:32:49
General
:32:51
the Joint Chiefs have just signaled
our intent to escalate to the Soviets
:32:56
You've signaled an escalation
:32:57
which I had no wish to signal
and which I did not approve