Command and Control

Command and Control

How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?

2016 · 92 min · ★ 6.8 · Documentary

September 18, 1980, 6:25 p.m., Titan II base in Damascus, Arkansas. On this fateful night an explosion kills an Air Force member and transforms the lives of everyone on the base. Honing in on a single case of so-called "human error", Command and Control juxtaposes precision on a minute scale against the gargantuan risks inherent in the United States' aggressive nuclear proliferation policy during the Cold War.

Directed by Robert Kenner · Written by Brian Pearle

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