The movie never makes clear why it is meant to be a review of the nuclear modernization programme of the US and the possible consequences of a nuclear war. The following is a crude summary of my findings.


The premise of the film is that the US did not wish to wage a war against the Soviet Union during the Cold War but wanted to "cripple the threat". The idea behind this was that any plans for a nuclear war would immediately result in Soviet retaliation. It is important to understand that