The Armageddon Factor

 

"These Computers give us ACCESS to The World --

Troop movements, 

Soviet missile tests, 

Shifting weather patterns.

It all flows into THIS room 

and then into what we call 

The W.O.P.R computer."

"WOPR, what is that?"

"The War Operation Plan Response.

Well, The W.O.P.R spends ALL its time THINKING about World War III.

Twenty-four hours a day, 

365 days a year, 

it plays an endless series 

of War Games using ALL 

available information on 

The State of The World.

The WOPR has already FOUGHT 

World War III AS A GAME, 

Time and Time again.

It estimates 

Soviet Responses 

to Our Responses, 

to Their Responses 

and so on.

Estimates Damage, 

Counts The Dead, 

and looks for ways to 

IMPROVE The SCORE."

"But The POINT is, 

that The Key Decisions of EVERY 

conceivable option IN a nuclear crisis 

have [already] been MADE by the WOPR 

[within the context of a Joke/The False Reality of The War Game].

"You're Saying that THIS 

trillion dollar hardware 

is at The MERCY 

of THOSE Men 

with The Brass Keys."

"That's exactly right.

Whose ONLY PROBLEM 

is that They're HUMAN.

But in 30 days we could 

replace them with electronic relays.

Get The Men out of The Loop."