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General Jack Ripper, the commanding general of Burpelson Air Force Base, issued an order to the 34 B-52's of his wing, which were airborne at the time as part of a special exercise we were holding called Operation Dropkick.

18 seconds sound clip from the Dr. Strangelove movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:41 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Right.

- Now, General Turgidson, what's going on here?

(clears throat)

- Mr. President...

- About 35 minutes ago...

- General Jack Ripper, the commanding general of Burpelson Air Force Base, issued an order to the 34 B-52's of his wing, which were airborne at the time as part of a special exercise we were holding called Operation Dropkick.

- Now, it appears that the order called for the planes to attack their targets inside Russia.

- The planes are fully armed with nuclear weapons with an average load of 40 megatons each.

- Now, the central display of Russia will indicate the position of the planes.

- The triangles are their primary targets.

- The squares are their secondary targets.

[...]

Dr. Strangelove Sound Clip

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Sound clips of the best quotes and sound fx from the Dr. Strangelove (1964) movie soundboard. All the audio clips are in wav and mp3 format.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove), George C. Scott (General Buck Turgidson), Sterling Hayden (General Jack D. Ripper), Slim Pickens (Major T. J. "King" Kong)

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