[Second edition of the opposition documents US military…]
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In this film it transpires that both the Russians and the Americans have set up space platforms, orbiting the Earth, that are armed with banks of nuclear missiles.
These missiles are aimed at targets in Russia and America against the wishes of the scientists, such as the one played by Connery.
The scientists wanted the missile banks placed in space to guard against any potential such as the meteor.
Most of the film is the two scientists of both aggression. They are shown beavering away in a political vacuum for the good of humankind.
, The film's redeeming feature is that it raises the question of just how much control we would have over missile banks in space, or if we would even know of their existence.
It totally fails to develop this theme further, however, and opts for pyrotechnics and a truly awful "happy" ending.
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