Six minutes, that's barely enough time for the president to make a decision.
7 seconds sound clip from the WarGames (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- The president will probably follow the computer war plan. Now, that's a fact!
- Well, I imagine the joint chiefs will have some input.
- Well, the Soviets launch a surprise attack, there's no time.
- 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.
- Now, once he makes that decision, the computer should take over.
- These computers give us instant access to the state of 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.
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