A technical malfunction in the Pentagon's strategic control system causes
an erroneous order to be sent to a B-58 squadron on a routine training
mission instructing the bombers to fly beyond their fail safe distance. At this
point the flight crew are trained to cease communications and prepare to
fulfill their objective by bombing Moscow. As the planes near their target, the
crisis deepens and together the Americans and Soviets decide on a final,
desperate solution.