at this moment your in the central part of the united states over one hundred feet below the surface of the earth surrounded by big reinforced concrete in the event of an attack this entire structure can be seal protected against penetration of radioactive fallout through those doors and around the corner is the operations control room of the long range a from this room the force throughout the world is controlled and monitored twenty four hours a day in face as it would be in war this force is a combat ready offense force it is a deterrent force dedicated to the prevention of war any war large or small best of fence forces complemented by the joint allied early warning air defense system offense control colonel d good recheck the weather in that area the last forecast indicated thunderstorms right gentlemen from this room we control the entire long range air offensive force of three thousand bombers tankers and support aircraft it is a joint chiefs of staff forests which is poised ready to strike targets anywhere in the world from bases in the united states and overseas it is the most powerful military force in world history we are in contact with this force through the most advanced communication system ever built it affords practically instantaneous communication with over one hundred bases in the united states and our many bases overseas close circuit television provides immediate information to the senior officers of the staff and enabling them to make vital decisions instantaneously to transmit these decisions to the force we had this red fall on alert circuit this circuit allows us by merely dialing ten digits to seize or override all of the lines and set up in a matter of seconds a conference call to the control centers on all our bases all such conversations are recorded on these tape recorders here sitting on with their other controllers effective control of the long range of course the world is divided into three areas each man controls the aircraft in a given area this is a deterrent force with the primary mission of keeping a global war from starting if we are to be successful in this mission we have to have plans plans of all kinds detailed blueprint so to speak that have been worked out far in advance these are flexible plans and can be changed to meet any contingency show missions in progress throughout the world some forces are being deployed some are being shifted summer special missions to improve combat effectiveness these missions are going on twenty four hours a day and averaging the high activity variance with the lows we have send the fifteen percent of the total force airborne at all times to support this activity an aerial refueling operation takes place every three and a half minutes so these clocks here never before in military history has time been so important but of course our true mission here is to control this offense force as i've said it is a deterrent for e it's a force which we control and readiness to perform as strikes against an enemy and in the event of war when it would make these strikes sergeant let's see plan war dance a typical war plan for i have a units the fate of the nation may well be determined on such a board as this this plan of force application may be adjusted depending on the world situation all the information needed to control  target areas return points and all the other things necessary to make the plan work if the buttons never pressed were all set to go you'll notice this running a bases and circling the enemy every day running exercises in and around these bases with no formal pattern some of these exercises follow good tactics but always we mix in many bad tactics which we would never actually use thus we keep the enemy from forming any idea of  real plans and therefore from making his own plans to meet us you know as we may use these bases but he can have no idea which will use the day tomorrow or if a war should start and you know without them during the time period nine hundred fifty eight nine hundred sixty the united states has an offensive strike force sufficient to deter a war its an effective intercontinental nuclear air force secures we can make it within our resources a sizable portion of it is secure from destruction by the enemy regardless of what sensitive and defensive action takes against the size composition and alert t events force is such that the enemy realizes that an attack on the united states would likely mean national suicide a substantial portion of this force is maintained on constant alert ready to begin taking off within a few minutes after receipt of the auto launch this means that even with no more warning than that provided by our early warning radars for some hundreds of long range nuclear bombers would be on their way toward vital of the enemy heartland before their bombers could reach our bomber basins this constant combat readiness is the surest way to prevent war this massive capability is that the tyrant of war  more we disperse the larger the portion of the force that can be launched on a few minutes notice that the more difficult it is for the enemy to convince himself of his ability to destroy it the enemy cannot prevent the takeoff of these bombers on this must never happen nobody wins in the year war because both sides are sure to somewhat terrible damage nevertheless it is imperative that we make sure that the enemy can never events we see them sergeant williams stand by to establish a conference call to wall basis general go ahead air defense this is air defense large groups of unidentified aircraft have been reported at bafta the prince of wales islands and their banks island reports from alaska indicate unusual activity in northeast ahead i'm sure this is it dick in view of the events indication given us by central intelligence last night more reports keep coming in all the time we just talked about people in alaska and of the canadians both are picking up about two and a half hours for your bases in the northern united states that's a rough estimate by refine it assumes we get a better look at them that's close enough i'm getting my people moving right away we'll have a third of our force launched within twenty minutes they'll be in strike configuration but will not proceed beyond applejack control line without further orders peacekeepers advised ok get me the joint chiefs