"Countdown To Looking Glass" (1984) Cold-War USSR Nuclear Attack Film

[Vrenn]

This is scary. You get the low down on the most dangerous and powerful weapon in the world, Looking Glass.

This is fiction based on real facts.

 

[Zavulon]

This one is a bit more realistic.


And given decreased US nuclear forces (with possible retaliation capability), increased Russian missiles preciseness, increased Russian AB defence, and, what is mostly important - much more provocative US behaviour (more provocative than at any given moment during cold war), it seems virtually unavoidable.

 

[whitehall]

Do "countdowns only work in republican administrations? Why didn't we have a "countdown" when we had a mentally impaired president with his trembling thumb on the nuclear button?

 

[Vrenn]

Do "countdowns only work in republican administrations? Why didn't we have a "countdown" when we had a mentally impaired president with his trembling thumb on the nuclear button?

Complete Word Destruction is not a red of blue thing. You should thank your lucky stars that it's the Generals that control it. A President only thinks he's in charge.

 

[whitehall]

Complete Word Destruction is not a red of blue thing. You should thank your lucky stars that it's the Generals that control it. A President only thinks he's in charge.

The threat is a red blue thing. You should thank your lucky stars that Netanyhu didn't retaliate to a sneak attack the same way Truman did in 1945.

 

[Vrenn]

The threat is a red blue thing. You should thank your lucky stars that Netanyhu didn't retaliate to a sneak attack the same way Truman did in 1945.

You have no idea what the rest of the world (including the US ) would do to any country that used even one Nuke to win a battle.

 

[whitehall]

You have no idea what the rest of the world (including the US ) would do to any country that used even one Nuke to win a battle.

Truman was a rube haberdasher with about 6 months on the job when he authorized the eggheads to use their infernal device on Japanese civilians. If he was justified in 1945 so was Israel in 2025.

 

[Vrenn]

Truman was a rube haberdasher with about 6 months on the job when he authorized the eggheads to use their infernal device on Japanese civilians. If he was justified in 1945 so was Israel in 2025.

Do you mean you would justify your own country to nuke on it's own soil?

 

[martybegan]

This one is a bit more realistic.


And given decreased US nuclear forces (with possible retaliation capability), increased Russian missiles preciseness, increased Russian AB defence, and, what is mostly important - much more provocative US behaviour (more provocative than at any given moment during cold war), it seems virtually unavoidable.

Wasn't the premise of this one that the US command system was too slow to react to a Soviet massive First Strike aimed at our silos?

 

[martybegan]

Truman was a rube haberdasher with about 6 months on the job when he authorized the eggheads to use their infernal device on Japanese civilians. If he was justified in 1945 so was Israel in 2025.

Declared War, and we were already bombing the living shit out of them conventionally.

That being said Israel is doing things A-OK in my book currently.

 

[Litwin]

This is scary. You get the low down on the most dangerous and powerful weapon in the world, Looking Glass.

This is fiction based on real facts.

RELAX , COWARD !

 

[Vrenn]

Wasn't the premise of this one that the US command system was too slow to react to a Soviet massive First Strike aimed at our silos?

There is always a General of Admiral in the air with the ability to launch every silo based nuke missile in North America. And this includes when that was made. What you are watching is hollyweird at it's best.

 

[Litwin]

There is always a General of Admiral in the air with the ability to launch every silo based nuke missile in North America. And this includes when that was made. What you are watching is hollyweird at it's best.

 

[Zavulon]

Wasn't the premise of this one that the US command system was too slow to react to a Soviet massive First Strike aimed at our silos?

It was, and it still is (for more or less smart attack). Read US nuclear posture 2022.

 

[Zavulon]

There is always a General of Admiral in the air with the ability to launch every silo based nuke missile in North America. And this includes when that was made. What you are watching is hollyweird at it's best.

Whoever is in charge, he can't order retaliation strike in less than 7.30 minutes (even if everyone in the the loop is acting without a hesitation). And Russian SLBMs, launched from M'Clure strait needs only 5 minutes to came to their targets.
The government needs to make their decisions before the Russians launched their missiles, if it is worth to really provocate Russians.

 

[Zavulon]

RELAX , COWARD !

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Are you ready to bet lives of millions of Americans on the phantom hope that Russian nukes are inoperable, in the vain attempt to defend the right of Kievan regime to discriminate, abuse and kill Russians? I don't think that the keeping Zelenskiy in power worth even one thousand of American lives.

 

[BackAgain]

This one is a bit more realistic.


And given decreased US nuclear forces (with possible retaliation capability), increased Russian missiles preciseness, increased Russian AB defence, and, what is mostly important - much more provocative US behaviour (more provocative than at any given moment during cold war), it seems virtually unavoidable.

 

[Vrenn]

Whoever is in charge, he can't order retaliation strike in less than 7.30 minutes (even if everyone in the the loop is acting without a hesitation). And Russian SLBMs, launched from M'Clure strait needs only 5 minutes to came to their targets.
The government needs to make their decisions before the Russians launched their missiles, if it is worth to really provocate Russians.

During that time period, the warheads and missiles were already locked onto their targets. Since then they are targeted to an open space in the oceans. It takes time to reprogram them today. Back then, it was turn the keys and the launch signal would take care of it.

 

[Litwin]

Are you ready to bet

IVAN, i know the drill, you are a loser and a cheap scammer

"Putin's nuclear missile doesn't fly without Ukrainian engineers." - Timothy Wright

Those 🇷🇺 weapons will never be used so why would the Kremlin even bother to make it work. It's literally just for show

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[whitehall]

IVAN, i know the drill, you are a loser and a cheap scammer

"Putin's nuclear missile doesn't fly without Ukrainian engineers." - Timothy Wright

Those 🇷🇺 weapons will never be used so why would the Kremlin even bother to make it work. It's literally just for show

www.usmessageboard.com

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Ukie war mongers seem to love old Blood and Guts Patton when it suits their narrative