Overview
- A Pentagon Missile Defense Agency memo obtained by Bloomberg labels the movie’s scenario “inexact” and says ground-based interceptors have posted a 100% success rate in tests for more than a decade.
- Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim say they consulted numerous missile-defense experts and stand by the credibility of the dramatization.
- Analysts and outlets such as The Atlantic question official assertions about effectiveness, noting the gap between controlled test conditions and real-world performance.
- The film has climbed to the top spot on Netflix, expanding public discussion of nuclear risk, deterrence and U.S. defense posture.
- Coverage links the dispute to current policy moves, including President Trump’s order to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing and Russian claims about novel nuclear-capable systems.