Paced more like a thriller than a traditional documentary, Robert Kenner's Command and Control provides an in-depth look at the risk of human error associated with Nuclear Weapons, detailing the extreme dangers that still exist to this very day, a byproduct of the mass production of these weapons at the height of the cold war. Focusing on one particularly case in Arkansas, in which a small mistake lead to near catastrophe at a Titan II missile silo, Command and Control is a harrowing examination of these systems and their shortcomings, linking humanities mutually assured destruction associated with nuclear weapons with the possibilities of self-annihilation. Command and Control details the immense power of these types of weapons, detailing how they have always been on the verge of slipping out of our control. From the South Pacific tests, which had blast radius' three times the size of what was expected, to the alarming amount of nuclear weapon based accidents that are quietly swept under the rug by the US government, none of which ended in catastrophe thankfully, Command and Control is a film that details how man's propensity to strive for bigger and better weapons often leads to miscalculated risks. The film details the arms race of the Cold War, exhibiting how the US government gave defense contractors and other manufacturers essentially blank checks, but the film's most interesting aspect is the distrust in which one should have for our government, one which routinely lies about the true dangers that exist on the homeland. Detailing this one particularly case, in which a nuclear device could have easily gone off in Arkansas, Command and Control is compelling story of the government's desire to hide the risks of such devices being so abundant on our soil. Blaming human error for every accident and incident, the US government routinely discharges those it deems responsible for such near catastrophe, but Command and Control makes a convincing argument that it's not a question of if but a question of when one of these nuclear devices will accidentally detonate over United States soil, arguing that government itself will never admit true flaws of weapons of mass destruction that were created out of haste, due to the cold war. Harrowing, compelling, and ultimately down right terrifying, Command and Control is an informative documentary about the true nature of these types of weapons, focusing on how our own weapons of mass destruction could cause massive casualties to our citizens.
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