[Chuckles] For myself, I sleep well at night,

knowing those boys are down there.

General, we all know they're fine men.

But in a nuclear war, we can't have our missiles lying in those silos

because they refuse to turn the keys when the computers tell them to!

You mean, when the president orders them to.

The president probably follows the computer war plan. That's a fact!

Well, I imagine the joint chiefs will have some input.

You're damned tooting.

Well, the Soviets launch a surprise attack, there's no time.

[Pat] Twenty-three minutes from warning to impact.

Six minutes, if sub-launched.

Six minutes, that's barely enough time for the president to make a decision.

Once he makes that decision, the computer takes over.

I know that you've got a plane waiting,

but if you give me five minutes, I'll show you something.

These computers give us access to the world.

Troop movements, Soviet missile tests, shifting weather patterns.

It all flows into this room and then into what we call the WOPR computer.

WOPR, what is that?