The plot of ¡°A House of Dynamite,¡± the new thriller from Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, hinges on ¡ª spoiler alert ¡ª U.S. missile defenses failing to knock down a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile headed for Chicago.
The Pentagon agency responsible for the more than $50 billion system of ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California designed to avoid just such a scenario isn¡¯t happy about it. The movie, starring Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson, had a limited theater release and is now streaming on Netflix.
A Missile Defense Agency internal memorandum argues that the doomsday scenario depicted in the movie is inaccurate. The Oct. 16 memo is meant to make sure agency leadership ¡°has situational awareness and is not ¡®surprised¡¯ by the topic, which may come up in conversations or meetings.¡±
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