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was obviously not done yet.
MOVE TO THE FAR END OF THE BARRACKS: Frank
emerges bent over, running in the direction of the Main
Headquarters as SHOUTS OF AIRMEN AND SOLDIERS
ring out from another part of the base.
ROCKLAND AIR FORCE BASE SITUATION ROOM -
NIGHT
A PAIR OF ORANGE-HEELED SNEAKERS: Belonging to
Lt. Albany, who sits in the student-like desk in battle
preparedness like his fellow Airmen, many wearing the
same kind of sneakers. Lt. Albany has a bandaged
forehead.
THE MEN: Concentrate on MAJOR OTTO FURROW,
USAF, who is brief- ing them.
He looks over the faces of the men in the room. This 18 x
22 bunker is furnished like a schoolroom, four levels
below ground.
He turns to video monitor.
MAJ.FURROW
: At0OneHundredhours,our
onlyCommunication with the outside world will be routed
through the joint Marine Command Center at Fort Briggs.
Our missiles will by then be in place with new co-
ordinates, which Lt. Rancord has already directed.
LT. RANCORD: Nods to the view on the WALL PLASMA
TV MONITORS: MINUTEMEN III ICBM
can be seen in a
row of 30-foot diameter concrete bunkers
ON GROUP
SILOS: A silver cone protruding slightly
above the ground. Ominous mushroom shapes.
