e, and "condition red" is a military way of saying a state of high alert or emergency. Here, "to flash" a piece of news is to officially announce it. Jolly good idea. A very British way of saying excellent idea. Keeps the men on their toes. A way of saying to keep people alert or emotionally prepared. I’m afraid this is not an exercise In this case, an "exercise" is a test (as opposed to "the real thing"). It looks like were in a shooting war. A war with actual fighting, unlike the Cold War, in which the US and the Soviet Union were enemies, but never actually shot at each other. My orders are for this base to be sealed tight and that’s what I mean to do. "To seal off" a place such as a base is to make it impossible for anybody to enter it (and often even to leave it). I want you to transmit Plan R, R for Robert, to the wing. "To transmit" a message is to send it, usually electronically. In this film, "Plan R" is a plan to attack the Soviet Union if the US believes that it has been attacked (R = Retaliation, which means to strike back, but of course, the Russians had not attacked!). Is it that bad, Sir? :: It looks like it’s pretty hairy. This is General Ripper’s silly way of saying serious or dangerous. I want all privately owned radios to be immediately impounded. "To impound" something is to seize or take it under government orders. They might be used to issue instructions to saboteurs. A "saboteur" is a person, often working for a foreign government, who secretly tries to destroy machines or other property. After you’ve done that, report back to me. "To report" to a person is to officially inform them of information that has been obtained. America’s strategic air command maintains a large force of B-52 bombers airborne 24 hours a day. The "strategic air command" refers to the leaders of the Air Force. B-52s were a well known airplane that carried nuclear bombs, and if a plane is "airborne," it is in the air, as opposed to on the ground. 50 megatons...equal to 16 times the total explosive force of all the bombs and shells by all the armies of World War 2. A "megaton" equals a million tons of TNT, which is a well known explosive (This is a huge amount!) A "shell" is an explosive from a large gun. The Airborne Alert force is deployed from the Persian Gulf to Arctic Ocean. "To deploy" a group of planes in a particular place is to station or locate them there. They are all 2 hours from their targets inside Russia. In this case, a "target" is a place that one is trying to fire at or destroy. I just got a message from CRM...It decodes as wing attack plan R. "CRM" is a secret military code (It’s actual meaning is not revealed in the film). "To decode" a message is to translate it into an understandable language.
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