Missile

Frederick Wiseman

Missile is a look at the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base, where officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

DIRECTOR
Frederick Wiseman
YEAR
1987
COUNTRY
U.S.
RUNTIME
115 minutes

Missile is a look at the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base, where officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The film includes discussion of the moral and military issues of nuclear war, the arming and launching of the missile, codes, communications, protection against terrorist attacks, emergency procedures, staff meetings, and tutorial sessions.

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