Crimson Tide1995

Hunter:
Captain? Got the EAM.

[Ramsey sees the EAM message which is shown incomplete]

Hunter:
What do you think?

Ramsey:
I think there's nothing on this.

Hunter:
Yes, sir. It, uh, got cut off during the attack.

Ramsey:
Then it's meaningless.

Hunter:
Sir, this is an EAM pertaining to nuclear missiles.

Ramsey:
No, Mr. Hunter, that's a message fragment.

Hunter:
Because it got cut off during the attack, sir. The message could mean anything. It could be a message to abort. It could be a message--

Ramsey:
Could be a fake Russian transmission.

Hunter:
Which is exactly why we need to confirm it, sir. All I'm asking for is the time we need to get back on line.

Ramsey:
Calm down, Mr. Hunter.

Hunter:
I am calm.

Ramsey:
You don't appear to be calm.

Weapons:
Conn/Weapons: Missile systems ready to launch in four minutes.

Ramsey:
Step aside, seaman.

Seaman:
Yes, sir.

[Faint Radio Transmission]

Ramsey:
We have orders in hand, and those orders are to make a preemptive launch. Every second that we lose increases the chances, that by the time our missiles arrive, their silos could be empty, 'cause they've flown their birds and struck us first.

Hunter:
Yes, sir.

Ramsey:
You know as well as I do that any launch order received without authentication is no order at all.

Hunter:
Captain... National Mili…

Ramsey:
[continues to talk over Hunter] That's our #1 rule. That rule is the basis for the scenario we've trained on time and time again.

Hunter:
Yes, sir.

Ramsey:
It's a rule we follow without exception.

Hunter:
Captain, National Military Command Center knows what sector we're in. They have satellites looking down on us to see if our birds are aloft. And if they're not, then they give our orders to somebody else. That's why we maintain more than one sub. It's what they call "redundancy."

Ramsey:
I know about redundancy, Mr. Hunter. [walks off]

Hunter:
All I'm saying...