Memorable Quotes from Sorrell Booke
1 quoteMilitary Protocol on Missile Capabilities
Gen. Bogan
Sergeant Collins! On the double!
Gen. Bogan
You're backup man on fire control, aren't you?
TSgt. Collins
Yes sir.
Gen. Bogan
Do our Vindicator missiles have both infrared and radar-seeking capacity?
TSgt. Collins
Yes sir.
[tentatively]
Gen. Bogan
Loud and clear! They've got to know we're on the level!
[grabbing Collins forcefully toward the radio mike]
TSgt. Collins
It has both capacities, sir!
[fearfully]
Marshall Nevsky
Can the radar-seeking mechanism be overloaded by increasing the strength of the signal?
[Over the radio]
Gen. Bogan
Tell him!
TSgt. Collins
Yes, sir. It can be overloaded, by increasing the power output and sliding through radar frequencies as fast as possible, what happens is the firing mechanism reads the higher amperage as proximity to the target, and detonates the warhead.
[fearfully]
Marshall Nevsky
Thank you General Bogan, we will get back to you.
[Over the radio]
Gen. Bogan
That's all, Sergeant.
[quietly]
Congressman Raskob
What does it mean?
Gordon Knapp
We've told them how to blow up our air-to-air missiles, and with them our planes.
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