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Theresa 2022-03-21 09:01:02

Let's briefly sort out the plot first.
An aircraft carrying nuclear weapons received an order to bomb the Soviet Union, and after confirmation, the captain and his crew flew to the Soviet Union. The order was issued by an American military officer who was extremely hostile to communism. At the same time, there were 34 nuclear-bombed aircraft flying towards Russia. After the officer issued an order, he closed his military base. The White House hurriedly convened an emergency meeting. After spending a long time explaining the situation to the president, the officer’s superior came to a conclusion: Only the officer had the recall code, and no one except him could be recalled. Then he began to recommend a war plan to the president.
The president had no idea of ​​fighting. He called the Soviet ambassador and called the Soviet prime minister. The result led to an even more alarming crisis: the Soviet Union secretly manufactured a weapon that could destroy the world, and as long as the Soviet Union was attacked, this weapon would be activated automatically. And this weapon cannot be shut down artificially. The president hurriedly ordered an attack on the officer's base and wanted to talk to the officer.
On the officer's side, the officer's adjutant always wanted to persuade the officer to hand over the code and recall the fighter. But the officer ignored him at all. After a battle between the president’s army and the officer’s base, the officer’s base was captured and the officer committed suicide. In this way, no one knows the three passwords. But his adjutant guessed that the three codes were OPG based on the conversation with him, and the fighter was recalled. However, a fighter plane was attacked in the Soviet Union and its communications equipment was damaged. The recall order could not be issued to it. This fighter plane eventually dropped a nuclear bomb on the Soviet Union, and the world was shrouded in a mushroom cloud.
At the White House, politicians began to listen to Dr. Qi Ai's plan for post-war underground life.

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  • [first title card]

    Title Card: It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film. Furthermore, it should be noted that none of the characters portrayed in this film are meant to represent any real persons living or dead.

  • President Merkin Muffley: I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler.

    General "Buck" Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.