"The fictional interceptors in the movie miss their target and we understand this is intended to be a compelling part of the drama intended for the entertainment of the audience, but results from real-world testing tell a vastly different story. The memo added that the US's missile interceptors have displayed a 100% accuracy rate in testing for more than a decade. Yet external agencies have disputed this claim."
"Nuclear physicist Laura Grego, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Bloomberg that the threat represented in the film was arguably the most straightforward that the US might have to deal with. A robust defence should anticipate facing multiple incoming ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] and credible decoys, and direct attacks on missile defense elements, but none of those were part of the story in this film. The fictional threat is arguably about as easy as they come."
Kathryn Bigelow defended A House of Dynamite’s realism and compared it to Zero Dark Thirty and Hurt Locker as fictional works that lean on realism. The film shows Alaska-launched ground-based interceptors failing to stop a nuclear strike on Chicago. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency issued an internal memo saying the missed interceptors were dramatic fiction and that U.S. interceptors have shown a 100% test accuracy rate for more than a decade. External experts disputed the MDA claim. Nuclear physicist Laura Grego said the portrayed threat was among the simplest the U.S. might face, with no decoys or attacks on defense elements. Bigelow hoped the film would prompt government and public conversations.
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