Creating Reality: The Visual Effects of 'The Sum of All Fears' Page #5

We think the Russia's at high alert.

- Excuse me, you think?

- Sir, DEFCON-2.

- We're groping in the dark...

- This is too much goddamn bullshit!

And not enough fact.

The blast crater is about

which suggests a relatively low-yield device,

quite a bit smaller

than the Hiroshima bomb.

A quarter of a square mile

around the stadium is just gone.

Beyond that, buildings remain, heavily

damaged, for another quarter mile.

The damage tapers off the farther

you get from Ground Zero.

Dubinin.

Herr Haft has left for America.

Now we are counting on you.

I assure you,

I will earn every pfennig.

The ash isn't radioactive. The winds

are blowing the fallout to sea.

Captain. Jack Ryan, CIA.

Lorna Shiro. You need to wait outside.

I need to know all you know

about the bomb.

We're collecting samples. Get in line

and we'll have the report out tomorrow.

Captain, I need to know now

where this bomb came from,

or even where it didn't come from

or there may not be a tomorrow.

Sh*t. Wesson, where are you?

About a quarter mile from Ground Zero.

This is about as far as we'll go.

My feet are sizzling.

I'm getting rads

nearly the limit of our gear.

- OK. Cut the rover loose and get out.

- Roger that.

Dillon, the crate the bomb was shipped

in. Somebody had to sign for it at port.

Customs must have a database.

Get me a name. Where's Cabot?

No one knows.

We're checking the hospitals.

- Have you tried Memorial?

- He wouldn't be there.

No, I mean... Is it still...

It's Cathy's hospital.

As far as I know it's still there,

but the phones are down.

All right. Can you keep checking?

Thanks.

They could have launched

a cruise missile.

- We don't know that this is Russia.

- We don't know it's not.

If they were sending us a message,

they'd want us to know it was them.

Except they could inspire

the confusion we're going through now.

Mr President, we're uplinked.

President Nemerov, there's been a

major nuclear event in the United States.

Loss of life is severe.

- It was no accident.

- It was not an accident.

We don't yet know where

it came from, we don't...

We have not yet ascertained the

source of this weapon. Rest assured...

We have not yet ascertained

the source of this weapon.

But rest assured those responsible

will be dealt with most severely.

He's fishing.

Send our reply.

Whoa, that was a little fast.

"Please accept the deepest

sympathies of the Russian people."

"If it was deliberate,

this is a crime without precedent."

"What madman would do such a thing

and for what purpose?"

"You must believe that Russia had

nothing to do with this infamous act."

It's canned.

He prepared that in advance.

President Nemerov, we've no reason

to suspect Russian involvement...

...at this time...

...but we will protect ourselves

from further aggression.

He thinks we did this.

We must demonstrate

the strength of our weapons.

They have to understand that

attacking Russia would be suicide.

Increase the alert status.

TAO, EW. I'm picking up

intermittent radar, bearing 020.

Where?

Now it's gone.

There. It's a weak signal.

TAO, inbound contact.

Multiples on the same bearing.

- Vampire, vampire!

- Fast movers inbound.

I got seven, eight, nine of them!

The missiles definitely came

from Russian aircraft.

Grennel thinks he can save the ship,

but flight ops are out.

"...until we investigate all possibilities."

Like you did in Chechnya?

Mr President, who is in control

of your armed forces?

"...lecture me on Chechnya."

Mr President, we are now at a

de facto state of war with the Russians.

John Clark was in Haifa yesterday. I don't know

where he is today. We have to find him right away

Wow.

Look at that gadolinium reading.

Yeah. The mass fraction is huge.

OK, connect me to Dillon. I'll hold.

There it is. Savannah River.

- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, yeah, what?

They had a gadolinium problem.

Hanford does it another way,

and generate too much promethium.

Hold on. Can you translate that

into English?

This plutonium came from the DOE

plant at Savannah River, February '68,

from K reactor. We even know

which part of K reactor.

- Wait. This is our plutonium?

- Made in the USA.

Dillon, you've got to find Cabot.

Are you advocating we launch

a first strike?

It is not a first strike! There's already

been a first strike, and a second.

- Don't you get it?

- No, I don't get it!

I don't understand why we have

to nuke them! It's not reasonable.

Sidney, goddamn it!

They practically sank

an aircraft carrier!

Their missile silos are hot. We're getting

nothing but bullshit from Nemerov.

Let's not forget how this started.

They tried to kill me, remember?

Don't f***ing tell me to be reasonable!

Please come to the triage tent

on the side of the building.

We will help you find

who you are looking for,

but we are low on blood supply.

Sir?

Sir?

Hi.

What?

- President?

- The President's fine.

He's fine. Sir...

The bomb. The plutonium...

- Wife.

- What?

Wife.

Your wife? I'm sure she's fine.

She's in DC.

The blast radius wasn't that...

...it wasn't that wide.

Sir, listen to me.

The plutonium was ours.

John Clark's in Haifa right now, trying to track

down the arms dealer. I can't get hold of him.

And I don't know what to do.

Girl... girlfriend.

She...

She works in Baltimore, so...

I don't know.

Spinnaker.

What?

S... Spinnaker

Sir?

Bill?

Yeah. We found the receiver address

for the crate.

Port of Baltimore.

Can you get to the docks?

Find the Transcon warehouse.

The name on the manifest is Mason.

Sorry, I need this truck.

Come on.

Sh*t.

Sir, we've come up

with another alternative.

Counterforce. A conventional attack on the

Russian airbase where the carrier attack originated

- It's what we're looking for, a measured response.

- Non-nuclear.

- Is it strong enough?

- Smart bombs and F-16s, pretty goddamn strong.

Can't afford for them to see us as weak.

They've got to know we have the guts

to take it to the next level.

I think they'll get that message.

Hit 'em.

Eagles Nest, this is Eagle One.

We have target acquired. Target is lit.

Can I have your attention?

The generator has gone out.

There's broken glass everywhere. Stay

where you are. We will get back to...

OK, fine. Please, stay where you are.

We'll get you one by one.

Sir, can you hear me?

Can you feel your arms and legs?

A 9% IV and morphine drip.

Sir, we're gonna take care of you.

What have you got?

What do we do with the ones

we know won't make it?

Whatever we can.

What?

Bill Cabot died.

I'm really sorry.

This can't be happening.

Sir, we have a call from Langley.

Thank you.

- Becker.

- This is Jack Ryan.

Great. The Nemerov apologist.

Sir, this bomb was not Nemerov.

I know this guy.

You said that after Grozny.

Put it in your report.

The plutonium...

Seems unusual to find

radiation poisoning out here.

I have never myself seen such a thing.

That is why we published the case

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