In 1958, a damaged U.S. B-47 bomber jettisons a nuclear bomb off the coast of Savannah Georgia containing 350 pounds of conventional explosives and an undisclosed quantity of highly enriched uranium. The bomb’s explosive yield is 100 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. For weeks, the U.S. Navy and Air Force search for the bomb in the silty waters around Tybee Island. Deemed “irretrievably lost,” the 7,600 pound nuclear Tybee bomb is still out there …
The DVD includes an exclusive interview with Fmr. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara.
From New York Times Television: “People think the CIA is a secret strike force of men in black, running around with hi-tech weapons, accountable to no one. that’s a myth – not reality. In this program, we’re going to examine the real CIA. We’re going to see how it’s been shaped by its history and we’re going to look at how it operates in a world of enemies, secrets and spies.” Tim Weiner, The New York Times See full description & trailer.
From New York Times Television: With the bang of US Army howitzers firing precision weapons, the burst of US Navy helicopters scrambling to alert, FA-18e fighter jets maneuvering toward targets and tank battalion war games in the Kuwait desert – this is not the beginning of war with Iraq or the end-game with Bin Laden – this program presents the strategic doctrine of preemption in action. Except from 2002 the National Security Strategy of the United States: “As a matter of common sense and self defense, America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed… We cannot defend America and our friends by hoping for the best… In the new world we have entered, the only path to peace and security is the path of action.” See full description & trailer.
Three Episodes on One Disc. Feel the jolt as you accelerate from zero to 150 miles an hour in less than a second, and launch from the deck of an aircraft carrier. The tree tops will whiz by your head as you fly no more than 20 feet off the ground in an Apache helicopter and search for another tank to destroy. Scan the radar-scopes of the Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-22 Raptor – the most sophisticated jet fighter to date – and launch guided missiles beyond the range of your eyesight and into unsuspecting opponents. See full description & trailer.
This DVD presents the second two dramatic, fast-moving episodes that depict the development of ground forces, from past failures and successes, to the state-of-art equipment and forces at the heart of today’s mechanized battlefield. See full description & trailer.
This DVD presents the first two dramatic, fast-moving episodes that depict the development of ground forces, from past failures and successes, to the state-of-art equipment and forces at the heart of today’s mechanized battlefield. See full description & trailer.
