Storyline

Follows the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Sequences include discussion of the moral and military issues of nuclear war; the arming, targeting and launching of the missile; codes; communications; protection against terrorist attack; emergency procedures; staff meetings and tutorial sessions.—Ulf Kjell Gür

Plot Keywords

instructor, trainee, soldier, officer, chilling, intricate, solemn, air force base, california, training camp, baseball field, nuclear weapons, air force, military life, cold war, training, responsibility, rivalry, transformation, 1980s

Short Review

Over twenty years later, Wiseman's film still fascinates, still provokes, still leaves us contradicted.

Trailer

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