NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT TRAINING FILM "BROKEN ARROW PROCEDURES" 1962 74892

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Broken Arrow...

For a moment, I flashed to perhaps one of John Travolta's best performances EVER, playing Vic Deakins as so deliciously... off, who reminded us that battle is a highly fluid situation.
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clancyphile wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:01 am Broken Arrow...

For a moment, I flashed to perhaps one of John Travolta's best performances EVER, playing Vic Deakins as so deliciously... off, who reminded us that battle is a highly fluid situation.
Could you please stop shooting at the THERMO-nuclear weapons?
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That's a far better line than

"Some things in here don't react well to bullets"

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You haven’t uttered the immortal words “OH SHIT” with sufficient fervor until you’ve received that alert for real!

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Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 4:32 pm
You haven’t uttered the immortal words “OH SHIT” with sufficient fervor until you’ve received that alert for real!

:shock:
I am reliably informed that the Navy radio brevity code for a mishap involving special weapons is "OSCAR SIERRA" for precisely that reason.
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"Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?"
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Belushi TD wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 11:24 am That's a far better line than

"Some things in here don't react well to bullets"

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It doesn’t set up Ryan’s snarky responses as well though.
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Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 6:21 pm
Belushi TD wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 11:24 am That's a far better line than

"Some things in here don't react well to bullets"

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It doesn’t set up Ryan’s snarky responses as well though.
The response in Broken Arrow was a chagrined "Oops, my bad" expression that made me laugh.
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Poohbah wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 6:39 pm
Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 6:21 pm
Belushi TD wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 11:24 am That's a far better line than

"Some things in here don't react well to bullets"

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It doesn’t set up Ryan’s snarky responses as well though.
The response in Broken Arrow was a chagrined "Oops, my bad" expression that made me laugh.
“I have to be careful what I shoot at?” still works, but “‘Ryan, some things in here don't react well to bullets.’ Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets.” doesn’t.
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clancyphile wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:01 am Broken Arrow...

For a moment, I flashed to perhaps one of John Travolta's best performances EVER, playing Vic Deakins as so deliciously... off, who reminded us that battle is a highly fluid situation.
"Deak, You da man!!"
Westray: That this is some sort of coincidence. Because they don't really believe in coincidences. They've heard of them. They've just never seen one.
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I said goddamn what a rush!

Travolta was just an excellent villain heh.

Some movies from that era are just so unique heh, I remember the 90s very fondly....some very quotable lines.
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