But the idea was to discourage the Russkies from any hope that they could knock out Washington, and yourself, sir, as part of a general sneak attack...
11 seconds sound clip from the Dr. Strangelove movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:26:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- You approved it, sir. You must remember.
- The idea was for Plan R to be a sort of retaliatory safeguard.
- Well, I admit the human element seems to have failed us here.
- And escape retaliation because of lack of proper command and control.
- Well, no, sir, I'm afraid not.
- You see, the planes were holding at their fail-safe points when the go code was issued.
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