Broken Arrow Page #3

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(Deakins) Use the trucks.

The trucks now!

You listen to me...

I've spent a lot of money underwriting this,

and frankly,...

..you're beginning to shake my confidence!

Mm-hm... mm-hm... Well...

Yeah, well, I uh...

I do appreciate the money...

..that you and your associates

have invested in this operation.

But it is an operation,

a military operation,...

..and you don't know dick about that.

I've been in the military for 20 years.

I planned and flew

over 100 missions in the Gulf.

These boys are motivated

and they are highly trained, like me.

This is what I do, Mr Pritchett.

This is battle,

and battle is a highly fluid situation.

You... plan on your contingencies, and I have.

You keep your initiative, and I will.

But you don't share command.

It's never a good idea.

It's still my money.

And ifwe succeed,

you and your friends will get a ton of it.

Ifwe're successful?

Look, Mr Pritchett, I will deliver

the weapons to the destination.

But I can't guarantee...

..that the a**holes in Washington

won't do something stupid,...

..like... not pay.

What ifthey don't?

Well, ifthey don't,...

..the Southwest

will be a quiet neighbourhood...

..for about 10,000 years.

- (phone)

- Wilkins.

Fax me their last transmission.

How much radiation is out there?

- Fax that to Mr Prentice.

- Yes, sir.

- So far we're not picking up any.

- Well, that's strange, isn't it?

I mean,... with an exposed core?

Well, I'd call it good news.

The breach may not be so bad.

Colonel,...

What ifthis wasn'tan accident?

What are you saying, Giles?

In his final transmission,

Major Deakins said Captain Hale lostit.

We allassume that to mean...

..pilot error or equipment failure.

But...

..what if he meant...

- ..Hale intentionallylost the plane?

- Why would he do that?

Two nuclear weapons

would be worth a lot ofmoney.

To who, son?

There are easier ways

to buy nuclear weapons.

The old Soviet republics will sell you

a couple for the price of a BMW.

Sir,...

..l meant how much

would they be worth to us.

How much would we pay

to get them back?

Hold on.

These nukes have codes or something

to stop people using them.

Of course.

And no-one knows these codes,

except for the President and you guys?

Access to codes

requires the highest security.

Yeah, but not even the pilots

have these codes, right?

Where's that NEST team?

They just took off, sir.

The ETA in Utah is 96 minutes.

- Left ten, left.

- Ten-four.

- It's okay...

- It's not okay!

I wanna know what's going on,

and I wanna know right now!

We were carrying nuclear weapons

on our plane last night.

My former commander

is trying to steal them.

- Oh, my God!

- That's why I need your help.

But without the helicopter

he won't be able to move them.

No, no. Deak'll have a backup plan.

He'll be prepared for that.

Trucks!

He's got trucks! Last night...

..Clyde told me someone came through

the Needles Gate with trucks!

He won't take 'em towards town.

What else is around here?

The river.

(coughs) Do you mind?

No, I don't mind at all.

Care for one?

(chuckling)

The one in the front has got the nukes in.

How do you know?

There's only a driver.

They're keeping the weight down.

- Give me your gun again, will ya?

- What are you gonna do?

Well,... I'll think of something.

Wait... We know where they are.

Let's phone for help.

If they make it to the river,

I'm gonna lose 'em again.

But you get to the phone, okay?

- Then I'm going with you.

- No, you're not.

- You're gonna need help!

- Lady, I don't have time to argue.

The nuclear weapons are my responsibility.

You're a park ranger. I'm a military officer.

Go to the phone.

(Terry) Oh, this is a bad idea!

- Hi!

- Hi.

Hale! Goddamn!

Run him down.

Get him! Get him!

Get him, goddammit!

F***!

Don't panic. Bulletproof glass.

You can get out now.

It looks like we got ourselves a standoff!

Aargh!

No... we... don't!

Go! Go!

Okay... You can come.

Goddamn!

Would you mind not shooting

at the thermonuclear weapons?

- Where's St Jude's Hospital from here?

- Salt Lake City, I think.

- Sh*t!

- What?

- We're losing gas!

- They must have hit the tank.

We have to find some place

to hide these things.

I know a place.

What are you up to, Hale?

Don't even...

Stop!

Oh, f***!

You learn that in survival school?

New Jersey.

Trenton, New Jersey.

What is this place?

It used to be a copper mine.

They shut it down a couple ofyears ago.

Why would they have a new lock?

(Hale) All right!

Good move, Hale. I didn't see it coming.

But you're definitely gonna pay for it.

Saddle up, boys!

This place has been prepped.

Deak's been here.

You think he's coming back?

That'd be my guess.

We may not have a lot oftime.

What are we gonna do?

(sighs)

We just take away

his reason for being here.

Wanna help me unload these things?

Where do you think they're going?

Same place we were.

It's the only thing on this road.

My God!

Are you sure you know what you're doing?

When you fly with nuclear weapons,

you're trained...

..to retrieve if possible,

disable if necessary, destroy if essential.

What are we doing?

I'm gonna disable it.

You have to arm these things with a code.

If you enter the wrong code three times,

the nuke goes dead.

All the circuitry shuts down and shorts out.

Pretty soon these things'll be

nothing more than paperweights.

(bleeping)

Hale! Pick up!

Pick up!

Come on, buddy. Pick up the phone.

Buddy, huh?

Son of a b*tch!

You tried to kill me! Friendship is over.

That doesn't mean I don't like you.

Hell, I'm impressed!

I figured you'd have packed up

and walked off by now.

Well, you figured wrong.

Now I get the nukes.

Guess what, Deak?

I'm gonna deactivate 'em.

- (buttons bleep)

- I'm punching in the wrong codes.

Pretty soon these things

are gonna be absolutely useless.

You might as well drive away.

Outstanding, Hale! That's the spirit!

Damn! I'm totallyscrewednow!

Unless, of course,

I'd already thought ofthat.

What?

You're kidding!

Didn't work, did it?

I used uncoded circuit boards.

Youjustactivateda nuclear warhead,

my friend.

Setting offa nuke in this mine

has been in the plan from day one.

Otherwise, some DC civilian

might saylhaven'tgot the guts.

F***!

He's insane!

Hale, I considered bringing you in on this.

- You know whyl didn't?

- Because I would've said no?

Nah. Then I'dhavejustkilledyou.

I was afraid that you would say yes.

Because you don't have the balls

to go through with this.

We both know that.

- How deep is this mine?

- Uh...

About 2,000 feet.

That's plenty.

I'm gonna be there in a few minutes.

My advice to you is to get out now.

It's your last move, buddy.

I can think of another move, Deak.

I'm gonna keep these things together.

If one goes off, the other gets buried

under a billion tons of rock.

- How's thatsound, huh?

- You wouldn't do that.

Are you sure about that,... buddy?

Sh*t! F***! He's gonna do it!

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