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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  1652 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. Launch of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) - LGM 30 Minuteman

>entering launch commands without using the available numpad @0:51 (edit: The code is 0051! FALSE FLAG CONFIRMED)

brain: "Wow he must not enter these codes in very often. ...Oh, right. Good."

I laughed pretty hard at the CGI camera struggling to find the CGI missile.

The relatively technical information bothers me not a bit, because, really, it's like "Here's how we do it, and you'll never manage to do this, so check out what happens on our end before you die." If I remember correctly, they released this around the time of an actual Minuteman demonstration to throw some weight behind threats made to North Korea.

I laughed pretty hard again when the text "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" flashed onscreen after, we, uh, nuked a fuckin' metroplex. We did it!





kleinbl00  ·  1652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guarantee this is a Northrop Grumman puff piece for stockholders. Most military puff pieces are as much of-a-kind as political advertising.

By the way, if you haven't seen Deal of the Century you're missing out.

William Friedkin, yo. making a comedy about arms dealers with Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines and Sigourney Weaver.