I love this movie - I love any nuclear warfare movie as it shows the deadly consequences. I have really huge collection from Strangelove, Day After, Testament, Day after Trinity, Bedford Incident, China Syndrome, you name it and this one is my favorite - it is so thrilling that I found myself rewinding it in numerous places. Even though it is a VHS copy, my copy is excellent, DVD quality.
I think an obvious fault in this movie is when Dell, Powell, etc. get checked at the main gate. Only a name and soc sec no are given ??? This is totally implausible. The guard would either know who Sgt McKenzie was or probably have a photo list of each possible approved entrant to the silo. There is no way this could have happened.
Another interesting movie insertion was the "gold" atomic bomb to blast out the silo doors. I believe gold is credible for use as a tamper (device to reflect neutrons back into the core for enhanced fission and gold is cleaner than uranium which is normally used. However, why the bubble levels???? This makes no sense to me. A small atomic bomb should be independent of horizontal or vertical position
I think an obvious fault in this movie is when Dell, Powell, etc. get checked at the main gate. Only a name and soc sec no are given ??? This is totally implausible. The guard would either know who Sgt McKenzie was or probably have a photo list of each possible approved entrant to the silo. There is no way this could have happened.
Another interesting movie insertion was the "gold" atomic bomb to blast out the silo doors. I believe gold is credible for use as a tamper (device to reflect neutrons back into the core for enhanced fission and gold is cleaner than uranium which is normally used. However, why the bubble levels???? This makes no sense to me. A small atomic bomb should be independent of horizontal or vertical position