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3) Detonator
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
It's explosive action when a renegade Russian general who can't let go of the cold war gets his hands on a nuclear bomb and sends it hurling toward Iraq on a hijacked train. Special United Nations anti-crime agents are called in to stop the train and disarm the bomb. And nobody cares how.
4) Fail Safe
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Chronicles the top secret history, design, production and testing of atomic and hydrogen bombs by the United States and other countries. Incorporates rare previously unreleased and classified government footage of these weapons and interviews with Edward Teller and Frank H. Shelton. Includes director's commentary soundtrack, an atomic bomb explosion meant to be viewed with 3D glasses, biographies of the filmmakers, and a photo slide show.
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Description
During World War II, in the remote desert of New Mexico, the "Manhattan Project" was developing the atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves is in charge of the massive project that will produce two nuclear weapons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy". J. Robert Oppenheimer is the brilliant scientist attempting to bring the mission to fruition. What develops is the mushroom-shaped specter that changes our world forever.
13) Fail-safe
Pub. Date
2000
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to make a decision to prevent a war a nuclear war with the Soviets.
Series
James Bond volume 14
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Agent 007 is hurled into a pulse-pounding race to save the world from armageddon when two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil SPECTRE organization"--Container.
16) Broken arrow
Description
A bitter Air Force major steals two nuclear warheads to hold for ransom while his former partner and a national park ranger try to stop him.
Description
A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person...
18) Netanyahu At War
Pub. Date
2016
Description
This is the inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces Netanyahu's rise to power and his high-stakes fight with the president over Iran's nuclear program.
19) Sunshine
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
20) Fail safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 1011
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.