Summary
âž¡ The text is a complex dialogue involving various characters discussing topics like Russian politics, personal relationships, and a potential threat involving missing nuclear scientists. The main character, Jack, is balancing his secretive work with the CIA and his budding relationship with Kathy, a surgical resident. The dialogue also hints at a potential nuclear threat due to the disappearance of three Russian nuclear scientists.
âž¡ A dangerous chemical attack has occurred in Chechnya, Russia, believed to be ordered by Russian leader Nemirov. In response, the idea of sending peacekeepers is proposed. However, there are suspicions that Nemirov may not be responsible, and the attack could be the work of a rogue military unit. Meanwhile, there are concerns about a secret bomb being built by Russian scientists in Ukraine, possibly for deniability purposes.
âž¡ The text discusses the spread of harmful ideologies, comparing them to a virus. It mentions how Hitler used Germany as a host for fascism, but failed due to the world’s size. However, with today’s global communication, these ideologies can spread more easily. The text also includes a complex narrative about a potential nuclear threat, with various characters trying to identify its source and prevent a disaster.
âž¡ The text revolves around a tense situation where a nuclear strike is about to be launched due to a misunderstanding. The protagonist, Jack, tries to prevent this by revealing that the bomb that started the conflict was not from the suspected source, but from a neo-fascist who bought it on the black market. Jack urges the leaders to back down and avoid a catastrophic war, and in the end, the launch is stopped just in time.
âž¡ The text discusses a tense situation involving a potential disaster, with calls for a stand down and a move to DEFCON 3. It also mentions a multinational campaign to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. The conversation shifts to personal relationships and a surprise engagement. The text ends with the speaker planning to end the current live stream and move to an after-party with a guest named Ghost.
Transcript
And then when the movie’s done, we will be terminating this broadcast and I will be posting a link to the following broadcast or follow up broadcast which will be the. The after party where we’re going to talk about it. That will still waiting on who I’m going to find to to be there. But I do. I do have at least one, so. But I’m going to kind of keep that on the DL until that happens. So without further ado, let’s get the watch party started. Let’s do it. Here we go. J. S.A. holy S.A. sure it’s the Russians? 100%, sir.
Submarine launched. 12 to 15 megatons. And they went to strike status 15 minutes prior. St. Lankan force of Roosevelt splashed six incoming cruise missiles. Russians are moving west through Poland. If they head for Germany, we’ve got the Berlin Brigade. But they’re outnumbered. Sir, we’ve got another launch. This one from Alyesk, Central Russia. What the hell is an Alyesk SS18 ICBMs. Probable targets. New York, Washington. Here. How good is this ceiling? Anything but a direct hit. Satellites confirmed birds in the air. Multiple launches. First impact estimated 25 minutes. How do we know that’s accurate? It’s accurate. Sir, I advise we go to DEFCON 1.
Get President Zorkin on the hotline. Zorkin is missing. Sir, we have reports of a coup in Moscow. General Bulgakov is calling shots now. Who the hell is Bulgakov? Yes, Old war wanted to use nukes in chechnya. Sir, DEFCON one route of time. Do it. Mr. President. Sir, it’ll take about a minute for the launch sequence to process. After you give the order. Before the order can be taken, an ID check must be performed. My ID number is first on the top. Sir, it’s your wife on 2104. Yeah. Under the two man rule, the order must be confirmed by someone on the approved list.
Shit. Gene Revelle, National Security Advisor. Second from the top is It Black tie. Okay, I’m on my way. Can we finish this up some other time? No, we gotta update these fire drills, Billy. I mean, if the shit ever hits the fan, I’m not going underground. Places are goddamn tomb down there. Also, I have to choose someone else to face off against besides the Russians all the time. Really? Let’s see. Who else has 27,000 nukes for us to worry about? It’s the guy with one I’m worried about. Speaking of Russia, I have to send some folks over there, inspect their nuclear decommissioning facility.
Place called Armazaz Ozmaz. Yeah, whatever. Just think someone from your staff should be on the trip. I’ll go. Go send staff. I want to go. Okay. And don’t underestimate Zorkinpal. Between his economy, crime, Chechen Kitchner, his liver. What’s left of it. How is he, by the way? Well, he scheduled a press conference for this afternoon, so at least we know he can sit up. The interview is over. It is only criminals and the friends in the west who wish it to be separate. But, Mr. President. Mr. President, if. If you would kindly come back, we do have a few more questions we would like to ask you guys.
See what I see? Yeah, you should be able to button all the way up. He’s getting fat. I know how he feels. Oh, wow. Look at that. Maybe it’s not the same jacket. No. Yeah, yeah. One with the shiny sleeves he wore the last time he got out of the hospital. He’s definitely off the diet. He’s also off the wagon. You hear how he slurred Ronziti Ruziak. That must be why Cholinsky’s hanging around. Keep him off the sauce. Where’s Chelinsky? Next to. What’s her name? The chick with the brown hair. Elena Rishkov. No, that is not Chlensky.
Busted. It’s Chelinsky. You’re thinking Tripitzky. No, I’m not. It ain’t Tripitzky either. I know. It’s Chelinsky. No, it’s not. Believe. Trust me. Look, he is standing next to Elena Rishkov. He was banging her at the Geneva summit. Chalinsky was not at Geneva. Tripitzky was at Geneva. So what are you saying? Tripitzky was banging Alaina Rishko? I’m just saying Zorkin’s putting on weight. Really? I don’t know why you guys have to reduce everything to sex. It’s just disgusting. Oh, it’s wrong. I agree. Write it up. And if he is Putting on weight that might have health consequences.
So be sure and get it in the afternoon brief. Oh, and somebody find out who is banging Lane. This is good. So, what shall we make of Chechnya asking the rest for protection? She is like a beautiful virgin escaping the clutches of a lecherous bear and running to Bill Clinton to save her maidenhood. A poet once wrote, meet the new boss. Save same as the old bus. He could have been writing a bus of Europe in the 21st century. Over 50 years of America and Russia imposing their will on the European Community, east and west, and we are still treated like children, but without the toys or the good night children.
Each day we lose a little bit more of our separate sovereign ability to determine our own futures. And each day, the world comes just a little bit closer to that terrible moment when the beating of a butterfly’s wings unleashes a hurricane God himself cannot stop. Is that yours or mine? Must be yours. Mine’s just for show. It’s not the hospital. Oh, good. Hi. You’re still here. Well, I think to be accurate and everything, it’s. It’s actually. You are still here. All right. Not that I’m complaining. Jack, I know this is new and all, but I have something I have to say or I’m gonna explode.
I just. I don’t want you to be scared. What? You’re in love with Jack. I’m a medical professional. I can read the symptoms. You’re definitely in love with me. And that scares you? Not even a little. But I think it scares you. No. Not even a little. The record. You’re the one who brought it up. Forget it. No way it’ll stop. I don’t know who this is, but just go about your business. Timing sucks. Do what you have to do. I totally understand. Yes? It’s Dr. Mueller. Mueller? You paged me? Oh. Hello? Yes, this is Jack Ryan.
Jesus. Okay, I’ll be there in half an hour. I got to go. I have a emergency at work. I have to. I’m sorry, Jackie. How about dinner tonight? Yeah, how about tomorrow night? Jack, I said yes to tonight. I know. What kind of emergency does a historian have? He died at 0420 Zulu. Eight and a half hours later, they swore on a new president. Now everybody wants to know who this new guy is. Who is he? Alexander Nimrov. You’re kidding me. I wrote a paper about him a year ago. I know. Oh, Mary pet. I said he could be next.
I said he was the next guy. I predicted this. I know. And nobody read it. Yeah, we read it now, buddy. Who? Cabot? I’ve been here 14 months. I don’t think he knows what I look like. Are you Ryan? Yes, sir. What is this, the paper chase, sir? Mice. Well, come on. We’re late. You’re about to breathe air that’s way over your pay grade, so listen up. You’re gonna be asked for analysis and advice. If you got there, sure you know what you’re talking about before you give it? Don’t be afraid to say you don’t know.
And choose your worries carefully. Worries have a habit of being turned into policy. Hey, you. You give me your code. Come on. Come on. You get back here, T. So, Intelligence Committee. I’ve watched these on C Span. Never actually been to one. You never watch one of these on C span. But our most important assessment comes from a highly placed source inside the Kremlin. In his opinion, Nemrov does not owe his ascension to the military. Everyone has opinions, Mr. Cabot. I respect that. This morning, my wife woke up and said that I was old, bald and ugly.
Is that a question, Mr. Chairman? I told her appearances aren’t everything. Would you agree, Mr. Cabot? I certainly would, sir. Now, this new fellow, Nezmaraz. Is that his name? Nemiroz, sir. Well, despite what your source says, we hear that Nesmaros is a hardliner. Is he a hardliner? No. It’s a bit too soon to make that assessment, sir. Well, according to CNN, your Mr. Nesmaraz is making promises to rebuild the Russian empire. That sounds pretty rash from where I sit. If I were sitting in Chechnya, I’d be even more worried, sir. Nevrov just saying what he needs to say to get the hardliners off his back.
If we look, leave him alone. Russia will stabilize if we push up on Betsaro. When I asked for your advice, I didn’t mean that you should actually speak. Yes, sir, Mr. Cabot. Mr. Chairman, some of our assets in the Russian government who actually know Mr. Nemiroff have not had a chance to report in. I’d like to take a couple of days and gather more information for you before characterizing him. But I do maintain my opinion that appearances can be deceiving. You’re saying I’m wrong. Absolutely, Mr. Chairman. I don’t think you’re ugly. I was out of line back there.
I apologize. Senators don’t like to be surprised. I always give them a hint of what it is I want to tell them. Then I give them a little walk to get used to it. Then I tell them I understand. Good. But I’m right about Nemro. Your girlfriend like this? Stubborn. Speaking. You what? Kathy Muller, second year surgical resident, Baltimore Memorial Hospital. Welcome to the CIA. Well, your intelligence is a little flawed in this matter. I wouldn’t call her my girlfriend yet. But exactly would you call her great? Amazing. She’s just afraid to commit. He’s terrified of commitment.
Man is afraid of commitment after three days. Alert the media. I know, I know. So what does he do? He was in the marines before he hurt his back. Now he’s a historian. Jan, no. Looks for a think tank across the river. Double yawn. All right, Rita, let’s see what you have to say after we meet him tonight. He’s cute. Little fat fingers. Tappy cute. Scale, 1 to 10. Oh God, I don’t know. 12. Ask them where they found this. In the field, in the Golan. There was quite a lot of fighting there in 1973. Did they witness it? This one says he lost his son.
Does he remember, was there a plane shot down? Intertezakar is a shift tiara in Darabit. Banar Waite nam tiara harpira. Israeli sucked. Yes, An Israeli jet destroyed. This is worthless. But tell him I will give him $400 because of his son. Thank. Thank you. Thank you. Gosh. It’s not sort of thing you find lying around normally. Absolutely not. How did you come by it then? I found her in the attic of an old mansion house in a good part of Glasgow. All right. Your little trip to the attic I think has got to a piece worth now the best part of a thousand pounds, even in this condition.
And had she been in better condition, even more so. A jolly nice buy. I wonder if you could tell me how this rather beautiful lady ended up with such a broken nose. Well, no, I’m afraid I can’t tell you why she’s a broken nose. This obviously happened before I found her. You found her? I found her, yes. She was very, very dirty and she was in a pile of rubble and she looked like stone. In fact, what I thought I’d found was a garden ornament. Hello? Kathy, Hi. I’m so glad you called. I’m running a little late.
I’m sorry. Can you come like a half an hour later? I can’t make it. I’m really sorry. Oh, it’s a last minute work thing. What’s that noise? I’m calling from a plane. Look, this just came up and I tried to call you at the hospital. Where are you going? I can’t tell you. That. Jack. You can’t tell me where you’re going. Jack. Hold on one second. Yes, sir. What are you doing? Oh, I had a date tonight, so I had to call and cancel. But don’t be stupid. Tell her where you’re going. In fact, tell her who you work for.
She’ll be impressed. Okay. I work for the CIA, and the director asked me at the last minute to come with him to Russia to do a nuclear arms inspection. Hello? That is so lame. Kathy, I swear, it’s because of the START treaty. We get to inspect to make sure they’re really decommissioning their nuclear arsenal. Hello? Hello. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Strasbourg. William Cabot. President Nemirov. Pleasure. Sir. May I present Mrs. Lathrop. Mr. President. General Rand. Mr. President. Dr. Ryan. Mr. President. Dr. RYAN. You must be the Dr. Ryan who has done such interesting research on me.
Neo deletes. You should not be surprised by this. We know quite a bit. It. For instance, we know how wrong you were in your report. That I had many girlfriends in college. I met my wife in my third year and have not looked at another woman since. I was referring to the first two years. Sir. Could Pistali examine police? Come on. I like you. Well, in that case, so do I. Come. First, let me apologize for intervention myself in your inspection, too. But there is a message I wish for you to take back to President Fowler.
Or you could just call him on the phone. I would like him to hear it from you, his friend of many years, who received it personally from me. So my expression and the language of my body as I spoke it. I understand. Chechnya is an internal affair. What we do there. It should be none of your concern. I will relay the message, but I don’t think he will agree. There are those in my country who would use this issue to weaken me. There are those in my country who say your war in Chechnya is exactly your weakness.
Chechnya is a nation of criminals. Every day brings another cowardly attack on innocent Russian citizens. It is none of your kind. Soon, stability is our concern. Peace in Chechnya is our concern. And if I may speak frankly, your control over your military concerns us, too. For you to get involved here. Here, it’s like sleeping with another man’s wife. And what you are suggesting is that afterward, they can all live together under the same roof. But what really happens is the betrayed husband buys a gun. That went well. Who’s the guy with Nevarov? Anatoly Grushkov. Old kgb.
Been lurking around since Brezhnev plays all sides and nobody’s had the guts to get rid of him. Is that because he knows where all the bodies were buried? Probably because he buried them himself. And we were able to obtain a roster there. Scientists at Arson has who’s who what their expertise is. Sama 16 Kinth is home to the all Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics. And is the birthplace of our first atomic bomb. Many of our greatest scientists work here. And many still do. Since 1995 there is one over 10,000 nuclear devices that can counteractive threat reduction.
But this is the first time we tried so hard to get in here over the years. I sent three people. They all died trying. Does the T shirt say I’m a bomb technician? If you see me running, try to catch up. Okay, Sir, I’m sorry. Just one quick thing. Sure as nothing. According to this, there are 17 senior scientists on duty today. I only count 14. Doctors Milanov, Orloff and Spassky. They don’t seem to be here. I will make inquiries. Dr. Milenoff is out soon. Sick. Orloff is on vacation. Spassky, I am grieved to say, was killed driving his car to work just this past week.
We move on, shall we? Please. Very impressive. You almost seem to have that information memorized. As soon as you would ask, Dr. Ryan, we touch down at Andrew to 2130. Tell him to meet me there. Sir, three missing scientists. Milanov’s expertise is detonators. Spassky’s expertise is the package the nuclear corps itself. And Orlov is a mathematician whose expertise is the geometry of high explosives inside a fission bomb. Exact three men you would need if you wanted to build a bomb Ushkov would have us believe. Khushkov’s a liar. Milanov is not sick. Orlov hasn’t taken the vacation in years.
And Spassky was supposed to die driving a car. Doesn’t drive. They have no idea where these guys Guys are dying to ask you how you know that. Secure source inside the Gremlin. Code name Spinnaker. He gives me stuff, I give him stuff. We keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster. Oh, and speaking of disaster. Did you call your girlfriend yet? No. I haven’t figured out how I’m gonna dig myself out of this one. All right, listen. Call her up and invite her to the White House correspondence dinner Sunday night. It’s the hottest ticket in town.
She’ll love it. Sounds great. How do I get in? Trust. I’ll see you at the car. Feel Loving a death job. Yeah, I am. How is your Russian? Sure works. Why? Three Russian nuclear scientists are missing. I need to know where they are. I thought I wasn’t doing this anymore. I just need information this time, Johnny. Your orders are on the plane wheels upper 2330. Have a nice flight. Sunday night, 8:00 at the Hilton. The tickets are under the name of John Clark. You do have a tuck, yeah. Yes sir. My beautiful wife Julie is From New Jersey, 15 electoral votes and is, as you know, half Jewish.
So we’ll take Florida’s 25 electoral votes and divide by two. Yeah, it’s beautiful. My friend Rita stayed here once, she said it was. She will be named Virginia. Thirteen electoral votes. Maybe after dinner. In fact, even if it’s a boy, he’ll be named Virginia. You get him in there Already did. She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged that as a young marine officer in Vietnam, I did on a handful of occasions smoke marijuana. California 54 lectures it. At approximately 0600, Moscow time, the Russians launched a massive artillery strike against Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The shells contain an experimental chemical weapon known as the Novichok binary nerve agent.
Saturation, you can see it on those infrared sat photos. Took turn 20 minutes, after which every man, woman and child inside a radius of roughly 12 miles was rendered helpless by symptoms approximating acute late stage cerebral palsy. Oh my God. How many dead? Best guess, 80%. Which means Nemiroff just launched the most massive attack in the history of chemical warfare. Let’s talk response. The worst thing we could do is nothing. I agree. If you let him get away with chemical weapons, what’s next? Biological? Nuclear? Okay, short of gassing the Kremlin, what’s the strongest response we can make? We send in peacekeepers.
Chechens. Not sovereign. Look, they requested recognition, so we recognize them. Not full diplomatic recognition, provisional. Then we get the Chechens to request emergency international assistance and we send in peacekeepers. How do you get them in there? The fastest way would be to fly them in from Turkey. Over Armenian airspace? To screw Russia. They won’t complain. Let’s do it. Nemirov can choke on it. Bill. Dr. Ryan. Yes, sir. What do you think? Mr. President, conventional wisdom would suggest that Nemirov is playing the traditional Russian role. The aggressive. Flex your muscles, dare the world to stop you. But Nemirov isn’t conventional.
He walks like a hardliner. He talks like a hardliner. Yes sir, but with all due respect, I don’t think he is one. He just gassed the capital of another country. Doctor, with all due respect, you’re wrong. So what? Are we wasting our time? What if Nemrov didn’t order the attack? What if it was a rogue general or a splinter military unit frustrated they couldn’t get the rest of the rebels out of the city? Have you any reason to believe he didn’t order it? Or are you just floating this? You don’t know? I don’t think he did it, sir.
I would bet he didn’t do it. I could ask senior staff to remain behind for a few minutes. Please. Foreign Alexander Nemirov has just begun to address the state. Join him in progress. We have. Excuse me, sir. Would you mind turning that up? Just a. Finally. Every nation has a right to defend itself. Terrorism must end. The bombing of Chechnya was my decision. Nice going, Ease. And how is our Russian friend affected by this? I am not affected. I remain devoted to our little plan. That’s what you’re charging us? I am not surprised. And the American? Mr.
Mason is a believer. I put a little extra in the escrow account for him. Why? Because he won’t live long enough to receive it. Where is the package? It left Haifa a week ago. I’m told these things can kill you. But so much has changed. Perhaps the new situation suggests we consider a different approach. Maybe try to bring Russia more into Europe, more into our way of thinking. We have discussed that, Monsieur Monceau. And with your concurrence, rejected it. Oh, perhaps we were hasty. Perhaps our plan is. What? Oh, not perfectly conceived. Nazis. Aryan Nations. Zum erstenmal Alersamin does his dog Perfect, I hope.
I respect the will and judgment of my friends, but in light of the week’s events, I am grown uncomfortable with this plan. So I must beg your leave, gentlemen. Her haft will help you out watching with that thing you’re gonna kill. Yo, what’s up, Mason? You know, I always wanted to ask you. Where’d you get that tat, man? The navy. Navy? I was in the navy. Hospital ship. Six years, eight months. All right, brother. You have a good one. Well, we saw what they were like in World War II. They were determined to be moved. Right.
Like dogs got to realize that the rest of the world is watching. And they’re going to take the cue from us. And what we. The unprecedented attack on Chechnya signals a dangerous and troubling ship. Men’s the toughest and most unacceptable accordingly. These are four hours old. Russian 12th, 15th and 2nd tank regiments. They haven’t moved. Why haven’t they moved. Nimirov’s too smart to move those tanks. He speaks. Jack, look. Nimirov’s got, like, what, 19,000 tanks? No way NATO can match that. That’s why he’s not gonna move him. It’s like a chess game. He’s just thinking three moves ahead.
He knows he has so many more tanks than we do. The NATO playbook says the only way we can stop him is using tactical nuclear weapons. And there’s no way he wants to risk a nuclear war over this. I also think he’s sending us a message. He didn’t bomb Grozny Magati. Durako. Clark got us her number. NSA was able to collect records of all calls made to that number last night and trace it back to here. It’s an abandoned Soviet army base outside of Cherkassy on the Kremenchug Reservoir. What are three Russian atomic scientists doing in Ukraine? Fair guess.
They’re building a bomb. I mean, Nimrod has thousands of bombs. Why does he need to build a secret one? Deniability. Build one nobody knows about. You could drive with a Chechnya in the trunk of his Beamer. No way to track it, no way to trace it. You could set it off and sit back and say, I didn’t do it. With all due respect, sir, I don’t think that adds up. It adds up. You just don’t like what it adds up to. It’s no Zakariums. His cigarit must be replaced. Machined. 2000 of a millimeter in a mathematically determined configuration.
Do we have a bomb? First, we must analyze the Guild. Do we have a bond? Yes. Yes, we do. This is a test. Yeah. Answer it. Answer it. You sure? Hello? Yes. Anything at all? I have to go outside for just a second. Okay. I’ll be. I’ll be right back. I’ll be right back. Sir. I write reports. I reviewed your military records. Tank, you can take care of yourself. Yes, sir. I’m not trained for that. I’m not asking you to be an operations officer, Just my eyes and ears. I can’t go. So this isn’t sanctioned. I want you to give this to Clark.
See what he finds out, bring it home. Yes, sir. Jack. We never had this discussion. Okay, Clark, So this is three days ago. It shows vehicles here, guards here and here. I gotta get one of those. Now, the infrared satellite was in position 34 hours ago. Took this photograph. That shows guards here, here. I don’t even have email. There are two more at the checkpoint. Between two and five in the barracks and two with the package, which we believe to be right here. No problem. Give me a couple guys, box of tranquilizer darts. If we’re lucky, we can be out in six minutes.
Well, actually, there is a problem. What’s that? Well, this is yesterday. No guards visible at all. And why is that a problem, Mr. Ryan? For two reasons. Either we can’t see them, which is bad, or worse, they left and we’re too late. Suit up. What? Can’t go dressed like that. No, no, no. I’m an analyst. I don’t go on the, you know, mission. Relax, 007. It’s not a mission, just a recce. Well, okay, fine. Whatever you call it. I’m not. I don’t do that. I just write reports. Okay, so write a report about it. Suit up.
Clark, no. Clark, no. Oh, damn it. Tells me you got my ticket to the car. Have a good time. Never been to one of those. Was actually kind of looking forward to it. Clark. What? No, I’m not going in there. God damn right you’re not. Gonna stay here and make sure no one steals my boat. It. It. It. It. It. It. Oh, God. Immigration didn’t call you guys, huh? I’m sorry. You speak English? I don’t speak much Ukrainian. I know this doesn’t look good, but it’s not what you think. I’m an American citizen. I have my paper.
Okay, okay. No papers. Please, just put the gun down. All right? Okay. I’ll put the light. Here we go. Shoot him, Ryan. Shoot him. Shoot him before he figures out what I’m saying. Get their shoes. What? Tell them to take their shoes off. You speak Ukrainian? Yeah. You don’t. Whatever it is they were spray painting was big, about the size of a fridge. The imprinted left is pretty deep, too. So we know three things for sure. It was heavy, something was radioactive active, and now it’s gone. You said one of them spoke English. South African. Okay, so the question is, what’s a South African doing in the Ukraine with three Russian scientists in a crate from Israel? Tell Kevin I’m calling for my family feeling.
You better hurry. Most people believe the 20th century was defined by the death struggle of communism versus capitalism, and that fascism was but a hiccup. Today we know better. Communism was a fool’s errand. The followers of Marx, gone from this earth, but the followers of Hitler abound and throw. Hitler, however, had one great disadvantage. He lived in a time when fascism, like a virus, like the AIDS virus, needed a strong host in order to spread. Germany was that host. But strong as it was, Germany could not prevail. The world was too big. Fortunately, the world has changed.
Global communications, cable tv, the Internet. Today, the world is smaller. And the virus does not need a strong host in order to spread. This virus is airborne. One more thing. Let no man call us crazy. They called Hitler crazy, but Hitler wasn’t crazy. He was stupid. You don’t fight Russia and America. You get Russia and America to fight each other and destroy each other. So, what’d you find? Ukraine doesn’t exactly have a thriving export economy, but it’s online. I pulled up every shipping manifest for the past two weeks. The only crate the size of that imprint was picked up at Kiev International 10 days ago and flown to the Canary Islands.
Well, I can’t find Cabot, so the Air Force has a nuclear assessment team. Call Jack. Jack. It got put on a cargo freighter headed for the East Coast. What? Baltimore? Jackson. It’s coming here. And it’s another spectacular view from the Budweiser blimp as we count down to game time. Can’t wait for that. We’ll have all the rest of the pregame festivities. As well as the arrival of the nation’s number one football fan. Just a moment. We must. For our cause it is just and this be our mouth. So when God is our trust and the stars make a banner Forever shall rain Name for the land of the free all right.
Give me the duty opposite. Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Robert Fowler. Showtime. It. Hello, Sir. Hello, sir. They’re meeting at the ducks in 20 minutes. See if we can find it. Dock. What? Duck Baltimore, you’re breaking out. What do you say? Look, I’m losing you. I’ll call you back from the More. Sir. Let’s go. Let’s go, let’s go. The hell is going on? Sir, please stay down. Some Russian scientists have been working on a bomb. Nuclear arrived in Baltimore this morning. Those people out of the stadium. Well, all we know if the president has been taken off it.
Clearly something has happened of tremendous proportion. We have no word yet or confirmation as to what. But there is an enormous crowd over the it. Mr. President. Mr. President, you’re right. He’s stuck. He’s stuck all the way. Are you ready? This is a Marine to take your home. Sir, I need your help. Got the stretcher. Got the stretcher. No, I don’t want. Okay, let’s go. Let’s go. Let’s go. Move it. Move it. It. It. It. Hey, it’s Ryan. Jack, where are you? I don’t know. Somewhere outside Baltimore. Listen, Cabot got the President out. Where’s the President now? They’re taking him airborne.
He’s on N.A. why? They think it might be the Russians. It wasn’t the Russians. I got to talk to Cabot. Can you pass me through to the plane? Cabot’s not on the plane. We don’t know where he is. We just know he’s not there. Can you call back in about an hour? We don’t have an hour. The Fowler’s going to want to show our Tuffy. He’s going to hit back. Now listen to me. We have to prove that it wasn’t the Russians before he’s convinced it is. Well, can you get back to Langley? There’s no time.
There must be a command post on site. The. The radiation assessment team. Where are they? Stamler Tunnels, south of the city. Jack, listen. The prevailing winds are blowing the fallout to the east and the north. As long as you stay south, you’re. Brother, you all right? Jesus, Gene. How the hell do you think I am? How many casualties? We don’t know. Cabin said it was Russian. How the hell did it get in there? We don’t know. Radar didn’t pick it up, so it wasn’t a missile. Well, how. How is Kevin? Where is he? I don’t know.
Well, what do you know? I don’t know. All right? I don’t know. All right? All right. I don’t know. For Christ’s sake. President, I recommend that we move to defcon. No. I don’t even know where that came from. Where’s our intelligence? Russian air defenses have moved to their highest level. Well, maybe they’re afraid of being attacked. And I can’t get this goddamn chair to open. About to take off. We don’t know did it. We don’t even know where we the are highest alert. Excuse me. You think, sir, defcon. You’re groping in the dark here. So it’s a little.
This is too much. Goddamn. Not an effect. The blast crater is about 100 maybe. Maybe 150 yards wide. Which suggests a relatively low yield device. Quite a bit smaller than say the Hiroshima bound. Maybe a quarter of a square mile around the stadium is just. Just gone. But beyond that, buildings do remain, although heavily damaged for another quarter mile or so. And then the damage appears to taper off the farther you get from ground sea dominion. Her haft has left for America. And now we are counting on you. I assure you I will earn every penny.
The ash isn’t ready yet. And the prevailing winds are blowing the fall out this year. Captain Jack Ryan, CIA. Lord Shiro, you need to wait outside with every. Oh, I don’t think so. I need to know everything you know about the bomb. Look, pal, we’re collecting samples. Then we have to analyze the debris. So take a number, get in line, and we’ll have the report out tomorrow. Captain. Captain, I don’t have time for this. I need to know where this bomb came from. I will settle from where it didn’t come from, but I need to know now.
Otherwise, there may not be a tomorrow. Wesson, where are you? About a quarter mile from ground zero. I think this is about as far as you go. I see this sizzling and I’m getting rats here at nearly the limit of our gear. Okay, cut the rover loosely, get the hell out of there. Roger that. Dylan, the crate the bomb was shipped in. Somebody had to sign for it when it got to port. Customs must have a database. Get me a name. And where’s Cavy? No one knows. We’re checking the hospitals. Have you tried Memorial? He wouldn’t be there.
It’s on the other side. No, I mean, is it still. It’s Kathy’s hospital. As far as I know, it’s still there, but the phones are down. All right, can you keep checking for me? Thanks. Now, they could have launched a cruise missile. DSP sats might not have picked it up. Just a minute. We don’t know that this is Russia. But we don’t know it’s not. Look, if they were sending us a message like stay out of Chechnya, the whole point would be for us to know it was them, not to sneak one in. Except that they could inspire the kind of dithering and confusion that we’re going through right now.
Mr. President, we’re up late. President Nemerov, a short time ago, there was a major news nuclear event on the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Loss of life is severe. It was no accident. It was not an accident. We don’t yet know where it came from. We don’t. We have not yet ascertained the source of this weapon, rest assured. Whoa. That was a little fast. Please accept the deepest sympathies of the Russian people. If it was deliberate, this is a crime without precedent. What madman would do such a thing and for what purpose? You must believe that Russia had nothing to do with this infamous act.
Scanned. You prepared that in advance? President Nemirov, we have no reason to suspect Russian involvement at this time. Foreign. I’m picking up. Intamin radar, bearing 020. Where? Now it’s gone. There. It’s a weak signal, low on the horizon. Multiples on the same barrister that the missiles came from Russian aircraft. There is no question Cornell thinks that he can save the ship. But flight ops are definitely out until we investigate all possibilities. Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces? Lecture me on Chechnya? Mr. President, we are now at a de facto state of war with the Russians.
Look, John Clark was in Haifa yesterday. I don’t know where he is today. But he may have something. So we have to find him right away. Wow. Check out that Gadolinian reading. Yeah, the mass fraction is huge. Okay, connect me to Dylan, will you? I’ll hold. There it is. Savannah River. Oh, yeah. They always have that gadolinium problem. Hanford does it another way. They always generate too much promethium. Hold on a second. Can you translate that into English for me? This plutonium came from the Doe planet Savannah River, February of 68. From K reactor. You can even tell which part of K reactor.
Wait a minute. This is our plutonium? Made in the usa. Dylan, you gotta find Jabbit for me. Are you advocating we launch a first strike? It is not a first strike. There’s already been a first strike and a second. Don’t you get it? No, I don’t get it. I don’t understand why we have to nuke them. For God’s sake. It’s not reasonable. Sydney, God damn it. They practically sank an aircraft carrier. Their missile silos are high. We’re getting nothing but from nemro. And let’s not forget how this thing started, okay? They tried to kill me, remember? Don’t tell me to be reasonable.
Sir. Sir. Hey. President’s fine. He’s fine. Mine. Sir? The bomb. The plutonium. What? Your wife. I’m sure she’s fine. She’s in dc. The blast radius wasn’t that. Wasn’t that wide, sir. Alice. To me, the plutonium was ours. John Clark’s in Haifa right now trying to track down the arms dealer. I can’t get a hold of him. I don’t know what to do. Girl. Girl. Girl. She. She works in Baltimore, so I don’t know it. Yeah. Jack just got in. We found the receiver address for the crate. Okay. Yeah. Port of Baltimore. Can you get to the docks? Yeah.
Find the Transcon warehouse. The name on the manifest is Mason. Sorry. I need this truck. It. It. It. It’s. It. Sir, we’ve Come up with another alternative. Go. Counter force. Conventional attack on the Russian air base where the carrier attack originated. It’s what we’re looking for. Measured response. Non nuclear. Is it strong enough? Smart bombs and F16s. Pretty goddamn strong. Can’t afford for them to see us as weak. They’ve got to know we have the guts to take it to the next level. I think they’ll get that message. Hit him. Eagle’s Nest, this is angle one.
Land target acquired. Target is wet. Right. Everyone, can I have your attention please? The generator has gone out. I don’t want anyone to move because there’s too much broken glass everywhere. Just stay where you are. We will get back to you. Okay, fine. Please stay where you are. We’re going to get you one by one. Sir, can you hear me? Can you feel your arms and legs? 9% IV in a working trip. Okay, sir, we’re gonna take care of you, all right? What do you got? What do we do with the ones we know won’t make it? Whatever we.
What? The cabin died. Really? Sorry. This can’t be happening. Sir, you have a call from Langley. Thank you. Becker. This is Jack Ryan from the Russian. Oh, great. The Nemoroff apologist. Sir, this bomb was not Nemo. I know this guy. That’s what you said after CR. Mr. Ryan put it in your report. The plutonium came. Seems unusual to find radiation poisoning all the way out here. I have never myself seen such a thing. That is why we published the case on the Internet. To seek help. How do you say it happened? He will not talk about it.
Was anyone else exposed to the materials that made you sick? Mr. Ghazi, I’m not the police. I’m a physician. I assure you that anything you say to me stays between us. My friend and I find bomb. We sell to money by such things. What is this man? Other people may have come in contact with that bomb. I am going to die. Yes. Yes. His name is Olson. He live in Damascus. Oh, yeah. We get it all. Mr. President, we need you to initiate snap count. What happens then? We prepare to take out their land based missiles with a massive nuclear strike.
Find and kill their subs, knock out whatever planes they have on the ground. And mobilize our fighters to destroy the ones they already had in the air. What are our chances, David? Odds are we leave Nemiroff in a pretty pickle. He’ll be left with at best a few hundred nukes. The ones we can’t find. Mostly the smaller, more mobile, less accurate kind. All he can do with those is target our cities. But he knows to an absolute certainty that we will respond against his cities. I spent my entire adult life wanting to be president. This is my presidency.
Sir, I believe he’ll keep his 300 nukes. It’s still a credible deterrent against some future aggressor. I think he’ll push back from the table and call it a night. I’m giving the order for snap count. Maximum readiness. Jack, we’re in Olson’s files. He shows wire payments of $45 million from someone named Dressler. Dylan, go run Dressler. Find out who he is. Jack, I really want want you out of there. I am at the docks. I think there’s somebody inside. See if the name Dress lives anywhere. No. Jack, get out of there. Dylan, call the Baltimore pd.
Give him the address. Hurry. Jack, wait for the cops. It’s. Where is he, God damn it? Where is Dressler? Please, put your hands up. Where’s Dresser? Where’s Dresser? Are you Jack Bryant? Where’s Dresser? Where’s Dresser? God damn it? Tell me. Let him go. Let him go. Where’s Dressler? Where is he? Langley said you might need some help. I got to get to the Pentagon. I think I can help you with it, Mr. President. The Russians are scrambling their fighters. We are out of time. Dave. Get a doctor. David. Mr. President. David, where’s your nitro? I said get a doctorate, Mr.
President. Yes, sir. Colonel, bring the launch codes. Okay. Dresser’s an Austrian manufacturer, billionaire. His father was executed at Nuremberg. Five years ago, he bought himself a seat in parliament. Then he got booted out for saying nice things about the Nazis. Rudy, you got to get me through to the President. I can’t do it, Jack. Come on, get me through. They’re in the snap count, Jack. There’s no way in it. I can do that for you, sir. That’s fine. I got it. It’s fine. Got some dirt on the card. What’s happening? Can I see that card, sir? No.
That’s my alert. Put the card down, please, and take a step back off. I am ordering you. Hold on. Take a step back now. I am ordering you to take a step back immediately, sir. General, there’s a Dr. Ryan from the CIA. He wants to enter NMCC. He’s unescorted, sir. What’s he want? You, sir. Sir, my name is Jack Ryan. I have an urgent message from Director Cabot that I need to transmit over the hotline immediately. What’s your authorization? I don’t have an authorization. Well, then where’s Cavan? Cavan’s dead, sir. I just need to get this information sent, please.
Not without authorization you don’t. Get him out of here. What? Wait. Wait a minute, General. The President is basing his decisions on some really bad information right now. And if you shut me out, your family and My family and 25 million other families will be dead in 30 minutes. My orders are to get the right information to the people who make the decisions. I just need to send some information. What makes you think the President will even listen to you? He doesn’t have to. You have about a minute for the launch sequence to process. After you give the order.
Before the order can be done taken, an ID check must be performed. Mine is the. My number is the third one. Third number down from the top. Your order, sir? Strike. I’m sorry, sir? I give the order to strike. Under the two man rule, the order to strike must now be confronted. For the love of God, just do it. Sidney Owens, Secretary of State is the fourth number down. The order to strike has now been confirmed by the two man reward. Nmcc, this is Lassiter. Strike order has been confirmed. Start the sequence. We’ve got activity on the hotline.
They’ve had their chance. No, no. Somebody’s talking to the Kremlin. As you can imagine, there has been much confusion here and fear. But we know the weapon was not Russian. But we know the weapon was not Russian. Repeat, we know the weapon was not Russian. The hell is going on? Goodbye. Goodbye. Thanks. Hereby. Who are we talking to? Ryan. I met you in Moscow with Bill Cabot. Died today in Baltimore. Cut him off. We can. Launch sequence has begun. Two months ago, a neo fascist named Dressler bought an A bomb on the black market. Cut him off.
The system is set up so you can’t cut it off. That’s the whole idea. Then get somebody down there to stop. Stop him. He paid three disaffected Russian scientists to make the bomb active. He shipped it to the US where a man named Mason was hired to deliver the bomb to the target and set our countries on a collision course. What are you asking of me? Back down, Estavaniches. What guarantee do I have that President Fowler will follow suit? None, sir. I know you. I know you had nothing to do with the Baltimore bomb. And you sure as hell know you didn’t.
But you’re still about to launch a nuclear strike against us. This no longer has anything to do with Baltimore. Now it’s about our fear of your. Fear of ourselves. Move away from weak fear. Making sergeant. Move away from the Keyboard us build these goddamn bombs in the first place. It stopped. 30 seconds to launch. Oh, my God. Mr. President. We will maintain our defensive alert for the moment, but our offensive forces are withdrawn. If you match our move, I propose a phased mutual stand down over the next five hours. Stop the launch sequence. Lassiter here. Flash override.
Stop the sequence. Stop the sequence. Order the planes to stand down. Take us to DEFCON 3. And with some. Somebody asked Mr. Ryan if I can use the phone now. You still here? PE Blood sa. There is no more fitting memorial for those who perished in this tragedy. And the steps we have taken this week toward a multinational campaign to root out and eliminate weapons of mass destruction. We brought about this place, as we have finally learned, at far too great a cost, that if the most powerful weapons ever created are unleashed, it will be fired on an angle.
Doctor. Mr. Ryan. Mr. Brushka. It is a lovely day. Yeah. Oh, I’m sorry. This is Gupta Muller. How do you do? Nice to meet you. Why am I not surprised that you know her name? Our friend William thought I was a spy. Of course, he could never prove it. He never told me you were friends. Perhaps he didn’t know you well enough. Cabot did tell me he had a source in Russia to keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster. Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air.
We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. I will miss so very much talking to William. Me too. Perhaps from time to time, you and I can talk. Yeah, I’d like that. What is this? A modest gift for your engagement. He just asked me this morning. We. We haven’t told anybody about. How did you. How could you possibly know? Well, everybody. There we go. That is the. That is it. For some of all fears. Very good movie. Very good movie. Tom Clancy was a master. Really was. All right, well, I’m gonna go ahead and.
I’m gonna go ahead and kill the feed here, and we’re gonna jump over to the. To the after party. So. In fact, actually, let me. I’m gonna post that link into the live stream here. The lot. So the guest tonight is our good friend Ghost. He will be joining us tonight. So we’re gonna. It’s not gonna be very long. I’m probably gonna go for about 45 minutes or so. Half hour. 45 minutes. He has an obligation that he has to attend to. So. So we’re gonna. I’m gonna cut this off, and we’re gonna jump in there and go live.
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