All language subtitles for 2. Behind Enemy Lines 2 - Axis of Evil (2006 - 720p BluRay)

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

[ Man Narrating ] Korea, 1950.

America fights in a war that
leaves two million dead.

The fighting ends in a draw,
leaving Korea divided-

North and South- and
technically still at war.

♪♪ [ People Chanting ]

The north becomes a surreal blend
of Stalinism, Communism...

and cult of personality
dictatorship, known to the world...

as the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, or the D.P.R.K.

April 1994. The D.P.R.K.
stuns the world...

when it announces its withdrawal
from the Nonproliferation Treaty...

and reveals its plan to
build nuclear weapons.

May 1994.

Determined to prevent North Korea
from becoming a nuclear power,

President Bill Clinton orders
Defense Secretary William Perry...

to draw up military OPLAN 5027-

a U.S. surgical strike on the
nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

Many voice their concern the D.P.R.K.
might retaliate...

with their 11,000 artillery tubes
trained on Seoul, South Korea.

Just as the N.S.C. is meeting
to discuss the evacuation...

of all nonmilitary
personnel in Seoul,

there is a telephone call from former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter.

As a private citizen, President
Carter had flown to Pyongyang,

met with North Korea's
leader, Kim Il Sung...

and struck a deal which
averted military action.

Had OPLAN 5027 been executed,

the Pentagon had projected
up to one million deaths.

Few people realize,
in June 1994,

America was days, if not hours,
away from war with North Korea.

[ Telecommunications Chatter ]

[ Electronics Beeping ]

[ Beeping ]

They're gonna crucify
Weylon for this.

How long till launch time?
They're saying six days.

[ Man ] Τen-hut!
Good morning, sir.

All right, Weylon.
Tell me what you know.

Mr. President, Secretary of Defense
Beekman is in Qatar for the week...

unless you direct
him home sooner.

General Vance, as Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs,

will be discussing the military viewpoint.
Mr. President.

General.

Sir, a-approximately
six hours ago,

the satellite reconnaissance center
analyzed imaging data from a-

[ Whispering ] Mr. President, um-
Oh, I'm sorry, guys. Be seated.

[ Weylon ] Imaging data from
a KH-12 over North Korea...

showing what we can now
say with certainty...

is a three-stage, Topol-class
intercontinental ballistic missile...

at the Yongjiri Missile Center.

We were actually extremely fortunate
to acquire these images...

as the crane was loading the
missile into its underground silo.

If it was half an hour later,
we never would have seen it.

Sir, the longest-range missile
North Korea had prior to this...

would have run out of fuel
somewhere over Alaska.

Three stages means it can hit New York,
Washington, D.C.- anywhere in CON-U.S.

- What do we know about its payload?
- From these images, it's impossible to say.

- Could it be a warhead or a nuclear device?
- We can't say.

It's not likely, Mr. President.

The Lockheed KΗ-12 has a
rotating periscope mirror,

which means it can get a
high angle of obliquity.

We're gonna spin the bird
around, get a better angle.

That'll help us
determine the load.

We've always assumed that North Korea would
never deploy a long-range missile like this...

because of our certain and
inevitable military response.

Sir, even test-firing a
three-stage rocket...

is a 10-year leap forward in
their strategic capabilities,

and it represents a direct and grave
threat to our national security.

We won't let that happen.

[ People Chattering In Korean ]

Let's try to keep things
under control tonight, okay?

Let's try.

Shultiess, how you doin'?
Good, sir.

What are you doing?

Master Chief asked me to tell him
when this old man gets off the phone.

Well, carry on.

[ Barnes ] Where'd you find the banana?
Looks like he's 12.

He speaks some Korean, and
he's a hell of a shot.

I need, like, 200500-won coins just to
call Boston. Isn't that ridiculous?

- L.Τ., did you get the score of the
49ers game? - [ Counting, Indistinct ]

- What was that, 36-27?
- Guys, come on. I'm tryin' to count.

- The field temperature was, like, 97.
- You happy?

You guys suck. Get me a beer.

- Meideros, what's goin' on? - I got two
8,000-pound laser-guided chopsticks...

suspended from an extended-range
CH-53 chopper, and I'm figuring-

Bad idea. You're way vulnerable to R.P.G.'s
coming from those soy sauce bottles.

Bound to be small-arms fire
coming from the fish flakes.

I bet you even money there's a
sniper hiding in that bowl of jigae.

Gotta think. That's why
I roll with you, man.

- Master Chief!
- Keep your eye on these.

- Baby, is that you?
- Fifty bucks says he starts bawlin'.

- I'll take that.
- I love you so much, baby.

Here it comes. I miss you.

Just tell me what's going on?
Are you okay? Yeah. Yeah.

Wait, wait. Here it comes.
Wait for it.

A girl? Wait for it.

This is sad, man. I can't look.
I got a baby girl?

Waterworks. What's up with that?

Hello? Amy!

Hello? This goddamn-

It's a girl? It's a girl, dude.

I got a baby girl. Yeah!
Congratulations, man.

Yo, um, I already
talked to Amy about it.

We're gonna name her Bobbi.

That's real nice, Spaz.

I got a baby girl, man.
You got a baby girl.

- I got a baby girl, gentlemen!
- [ All Cheering ]

What's on offer, General?

Sir, we propose Operation
Sheet Lightning-

a surgical strike on
the missile site.

Multiple cruise missile launches
concurrent with sorties...

from seven B-2 Stealth
Spirits and five F-117As.

Ellie?

If it was any other sovereign
nation, sir, I'd urge negotiations.

But D.P.R.K.-

there is just no viable
diplomatic option.

And if they do
test that missile,

it devastates our footing
in the multilateral talks.

Yeah.

- Have the warning orders been
given, General? - Yes, sir.

Okay. So we take out
the missile site.

What's Pyongyang gonna do?

Well, sir, I think Kim's people
could be persuaded to stand down.

I think the general overestimates
my skills of diplomacy, sir.

[ Chuckles ]

What are they gonna do, Weylon?

Either a cantankerous
political-diplomatic protest...

or some sort of military
response- not much in between.

[ Man ] Sir?

Sir, that is Commander
Tim Mackey,

Commander, U.S. Naval Base,
Jinhae, South Korea.

Mr. President, if we
attack that missile site,

the D.P.R.K. will most surely
counterattack at Seoul,

using their 11,000
artillery tubes.

That's possible.

Or a more proportional response
would be SCUD missile attack...

against the research
center at Taejon.

And the South Koreans respond
with a strike at the D.M.Z.-

Or the Pyongyang
nuclear facility.

And the North Koreans respond
with their artillery.

We bomb them- they
bomb their neighbors.

[ Vance ] We have a contingency,
sir, should the north attempt that-

Operation Swift Rage.

We can neutralize 90% of North
Korea's response capabilities...

in the first 24 hours
of hostilities.

And we'd be at war.

Sir, I believe we've been at war
for at least six hours now.

[ People Chattering ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

[ Cheering ]

[ Mackey ] Mr.
President, if I may?

Negative, Commander.

Go on, Commander.

Mr. President, in 1997,

North Korea opened its air
space to commercial airliners.

A platoon from SEALs Team 1 could board
a commercial airlines flight in Seoul,

deploy over North Korea-

You don't think the North Koreans would
pick up a commercial airliner...

leaving from a U.S. military
base in South Korea?

Sir, we would just
dress the SEALs up,

walk 'em right through
Incheon International,

put 'em on a chartered commercial
airliner and take off.

Mixed right in with civilian
traffic- completely undetectable.

[ Mackey ] We would
deploy over North Korea,

glide the 60 miles to the
Yongjiri missile site...

and sabotage the missile
as it's being fueled.

Secondary explosions should
destroy the entire complex.

Whole thing will be perceived as an
industrial accident of some kind.

North Korea would have no
grounds to retaliate, sir.

And if it turned out to be a nuclear
warhead, what about the radiation?

The blast from the fuel
explosions would be massive, sir.

Even though it wouldn't
be an atomic blast,

it would probably create
its own mushroom cloud.

The heat from the blast would
incinerate any nuclear materials,

alleviating any
radiation concerns.

Sir, I don't recommend this.

If they're detected, it's an act of war,
and we lose the element of surprise.

What's the window of opportunity
to explore a Special Ops plan?

I'd say 72 hours,
but I wouldn't-

- Seventy-two hours.
- Sir, a covert action?

I-

We need to send a strong
proportional and visible response...

to the North Koreans-
to the whole world-

to put them on notice
that that dog don't hunt.

We will never allow them
to be an I.C.B.M. power.

Commander Mackey, could
you be ready in 72 hours?

Yes, sir. I believe
we could be ready.

Admiral?

It's not much time to put a
mission together, sir, but-

I understand.

Gentlemen, keep up with
your preparations.

I'll give you a decision
within six hours.

Yes, sir. We'll give it
everything we've got.

[ Weylon ] Thank you, Mr.
President.

"We'll give it everything we've got."
Tell me I didn't just say that.

[ Chuckling ] What
are you looking at?

Get lieutenant James in here.
Yes, sir.

Mr. President,

- Kim Jong Il is 5'2". He wears
four-inch lifts. - [ Chuckles ] Sexy.

He lives in a pleasure palace where he
indulges his penchant for Swedish prostitutes.

This missile is pompous
grandstanding by a very small man.

Sir, in 1996, the Korea Institute
for National Reunification...

applied a computer model that accurately
predicted Eastern Europe's collapse.

- Yeah?
- According to the model-

North Korea should have
collapsed in 1992.

I say we give this job to Special
Ops and make this all go away...

and let North Korea
collapse when it collapses.

Cam?

Yeah.

Okay.

Tell Mackey his
mission is a "go."

But keep General Vance and his
stealth bombers on standby...

should the SEALs fail.

Lieutenant. Colonel. Thanks
for the lift today, sir.

Well, they gave us a nice plane
for this one. I see that.

We gonna get miles for this? No, but
I did order you the kosher meal.

L.Τ.C.

[ Man ] Okay, guys, grab a
seat and stow your stuff.

Let me know when you and your guys
get settled in. We'll be on our way.

Appreciate the hell
outta that, sir.

Ηoo-ya, Lieutenant James.
Hoo-ya, Shultiess.

How you feelin' today, papa?
I feel immortal.

I'm "the Stoke." Stoke?

Oh, it's just my new call sign.
Wasn't aware you had an old one.

Well, my old one was for
mortals, and I am immortal.

I'm the Stoke. Whatever.

Okay. Good evening, gentlemen,

and welcome to United States
Air Force Flight 738...

with nonstop service to the
skies over North Korea,

where we'll be jumping from an
altitude of approximately 33,000 feet.

- [ Clamoring ] - Meideros in the hatch.
Barnes, Shultiess, Ballantine.

AK-47s.

Not a scratch, guys. The airline
wants this plane back...

in the same condition
they gave it to us in.

You got it, Daiwi. Daiwi? Why
do you guys call him that?

I don't call him that, but I've known
him since, like, the second grade.

Hey, hey! What did he just say?
I'm sorry.

[ Callaghan ] It's okay, kid.

Hey, you scared?
Don't lie to me.

Uh, I don't know.
Maybe-Maybe a little.

Damn straight you're scared.
Who wouldn't be?

Yeah. Yeah.

Stick with me, kid.
I'm immortal.

Go. Go.

Yeah. A P.V.C. 77 satcom.

That's you, schoolboy.

- Give it to Ballantine.
- I got it.

[ Man ] Okay, gentleman, time
to give up the personal shit.

[ Man ♫2 ] Throw in the jewels.
Let's go, boys.

[ Chattering ]

[ Man ] Be careful with that.
That's my wife.

[ Callaghan ] I want these back.

[ Man's Voice ] What
are those, son?

I said, what are those, Ensign?

Silver wings, Master Chief!
Bullshit!

Army lead wings, son.

You get 'em inside
Cracker Jacks.

Where'd you get 'em, son?
Fort Benning, Master Chief.

Fort Benning, Georgia.

The army's version of 48 hours
of intensive training...

crammed into 21 days.

Making pussy-ass static-line
jumps out of an army C-141...

and landing on firm ground.

My one-year-old, Scott
Jr., can do that.

You see these?
Yes, Master Chief.

[ Screams ]

Navy gold wings, son.

Get those out of my sight. I will
teach you to drop like a Navy SEAL-

from heights where there's
no air to breathe...

into water so cold you'll
wish you was dead.

You will drop at
night with N.V.G.'s,

fall five minutes before
you pull your cord.

And if you manage to stay
alive through all that,

we'll see about getting
you a pair of these.

Is that clear?

[ All ] Hoo-ya, Master Chief!

[ Men Chattering ]

I don't know why you
always bring these, sir.

You just make sure
I get 'em back.

Yes, sir.

[ Chattering Continues ] [ Man
] Check your "O" rings now.

How you doin' there, Shultiess?

Good, sir.

Sir, it says here that the
Koreans, uh, believe in shamans.

Sometimes he appears as an old man.
Sometimes as a tiger.

- Sometimes as a leopard.
- Everything's gonna be all right.

Ye-Uh- [ Exhales ]

It's just, uh-

I was glad to read about
those shamans, you know?

I don't want to die in a
godless land, sir. That's all.

Hey.

Nobody's dying from my stick.
You copy that, sailor?

Yes, sir.

Makes me look bad.

Pressurize in six. [ Man
] Pressurize in six.

[ Man ♫2 ] Six minutes.
Six. Six to go.

[ Man ♫3 ] On deck. Six minutes.

Sir, we're ready for the bounce.
Okay.

Two minutes.

[ Chattering ]

- All right, listen up.
- What is your problem?

I'm throwing up. I hate
jumping out of airplanes.

Swallow it. I am.

Pencil-dick engineers
designed this aircraft...

to carry pussy-ass corporate
businessmen from Omaha to St. Louis.

If they see you chuckin', they're
gonna red tag you. I know.

Sometimes we may find it useful to jump out
of a commercial piece of shit such as this.

What I don't get is why you go Navy SEALs when
you hate jumping out of frickin' airplanes.

I like swimming. I'm
a good swimmer.

Depressurize.

[ Loud Rattling ]

Now, obviously, the pencil
dicks in Seattle...

didn't design this ramp to be
deployed under these conditions.

The system's hydraulics can't compete
with the overwhelming force...

of the airstreams
under the fuselage,

preventing the stairs
from locking into place.

Fortunately, the U.S. Navy
has devised "the bounce."

Now, personally,

I've seen men injured, maimed...

and even killed
attempting to do this.

So I suggest you pay close att-

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ] Like I said-

Anyone laughs,
you're fucking dead.

Shultiess. You're jumping first.

Trust me. It's better that way.

The high-altitude,
high-opening drop- the HAHO.

The single most effective aerial infiltration
available to the special warfare operator.

Ensign James, if I hear
one snortle, one snicker,

one chuckle out of
you or Callaghan,

I will personally give you both
one of these. I shit you not!

Understood? [ Both ]
Hoo-ya, Master Chief.

The MΤ1X- the crown
jewel- the crown jewel-

The crown jewel of
naval parachutes.

It can put a spec war operator
anywhere on this earth at any time.

Provided, that is, you
survive the jump.

All right, Barnes. Open her up.
Oxygen.

Although the missile has already been
lowered into its underground casing,

we were able to use thermal imaging
to acquire these new target folders.

From this lower perigee,

these images clearly show a
diamond-shaped missile tip.

Indicative of a
nuclear-tipped warhead.

Mr. President, we can now
say with high confidence...

that this missile was designed
to deliver a nuclear device.

How do we know
it's carrying one?

How do we know it's not
a dummy warhead...

that's tricked out to look
like a nuclear warhead?

Well, sir, when plutonium is reprocessed
to make a nuclear bomb material,

it emits a radioactive
gas- krypton-85.

Our Lacrosse Synthetic Aperture Radar
detected this gas from Yongjiri...

at levels consistent with the
existence of a mid-range,

three-to-five megaton
nuclear device.

Mr. President, we are as sure about this as
we ever were about any Soviet missile site.

That is an actual, live, nuclear-tipped
missile on the launchpad.

What's more disturbing, Mr. President, is
they seem to be fueling this missile...

to its highest alert level.

In this condition, it could be launched within
three minutes of receiving a "go" order.

- And then how much time do we have-
- Thirty minutes.

[ Weylon ] That's right.

A Τopol-class missile
launched from North Korea...

would strike the United States
in approximately 30 minutes.

Once it's in the air, there is no asset
in our arsenal that can bring it down.

Sir, in light of this, I think we
ought to revisit your decision...

to give Mackey's
team the go-ahead.

- Mazetti, you're up.
- [ Man ] Let's go, Mazetti!

Good bounce. Thank you, sir.

Good bounce, Mazetti!

Ten bucks says the new guy freezes.
Shut up, Mazetti!

[ James ] Shultiess!

Happy jumping, Shultiess.
Thank you, sir.

Meideros!

This is what we do, boys.

Whoo!

[ Alarm Beeping ] [ James
] Mazetti, hold on.

Ηold on, guys. Back up.

[ Man On Radio ] Team leader, this is the
cockpit. Pentagon is saying stand down.

Abort.

Abort! Abort!

[ Thinking ]
Un-fucking-believable.

We have an abort mission. You
keep these boys on the plane!

[ Barnes ] Bobby!

What the hell's going on, Chief!
Get back, sailor.

Mazetti, on the hatch. Ballantine,
check the hydraulics.

What are you doing? Our
guys are out there!

Following orders. Now
step back, Master Chief.

That's bullshit!
They got no satcom!

Bobby is completely
fucked down there.

They will send a cleanup team.
Mazetti, on the hatch!

Ballantine, take it off.
Take it off!

Callaghan, what are you doing?

Can't send a clean-up crew- 'cause they'll
never find 'em, and the North Ko's will.

That's not for you to decide.
Mazetti, on the hatch!

Callaghan, you will
not exit this plane.

Barnes, I am making this jump!

[ Man ] Callaghan,
don't be an idiot!

[ Barnes ] Track this
leg for coordinates.

Stay on oxygen until
we stabilize.

[ James, Thinking ] Exit
airplane, proper body position.

Forget that.

Today, we're gonna go through a variety
of non-optimal parachute functions-

inversions, cigarette
rolls, line-overs, totals,

and, my personal
favorite, the Mae West.

All of which have one thing
in common-they're all fatal.

[ James, Thinking ] Stay with the program.
Don't deploy in spin.

Spin recovery-full spread eagle.
Spin recovery-arch back.

Don't deploy. Recover position.

Gain control. Deploy parachute.

Come on, Bobby, stay
with the program.

Gain control. Deploy parachute.
Brace for opening shock.

[ Boytano ] On rare occasions, your
parachute will fail to deploy.

It is for this reason the U.S. Navy
provides you with a reserve chute.

But before you attempt to
cut away your main chute,

you must first cut
away your Twinkie.

[ James, Thinking ]
Cut away the chute.

Get to the Twinkie.
Get to the Twinkie.

[ Groans ]

[ Boytano ] Worse than a total deployment
failure is a partial deployment.

Centrifugal force rushes all the
blood from your brain to your feet.

Fifteen seconds, you
get tunnel vision.

Ten seconds, you black out.

After that, you die.

[ James, Thinking ] Ka-bar knife.
Right thigh pocket.

Full spread eagle. Brace
for opening shock.

[ Groans ]

Crown jewel, my ass.

What's going on, Admiral?

The situation's very fluid here.

Four of my guys jumped
before the recall order was-

That's not how I
heard it, Commander.

I heard two of your guys, including
your lieutenant, jumped after the red.

From what I gather,
General Vance,

Lieutenant James slipped at the exit
point and was sucked out the plane.

- And Callaghan? - Well, he may
have jumped before the order.

- His comm unit was probably- - Don't
bullshit a bullshitter, Mackey.

Your men lack discipline. They got
no respect for chain of command.

- I disagree with that assessment, sir. - You
guys think they're heroes? They're cowboys.

They're gonna get people killed. You better
pray they're not detected down there.

I've ordered Team 1 Helo
Platoon to organize an exfil-

No, sir. You will not.

General, my guys are my res- Your
guys will dig in and stay put.

The president has ordered a surgical
strike at the missile site.

Your guys will do B.D.A. And when that's done,
our guys will pull 'em out in a Pave Low.

- And when is this happening, sir? - You'll
know when you need to know, Commander.

[ Slams Receiver ]

[ James On Radio ] Echo 7 Yankee.
Any up?

Report in. Over.

Echo 7 Yankee. Any up?
Report in. Over.

Get that.

Echo 2 on site.

Also Echo- uh, what
number are you?

That would be three. Also Echo 2-3.
Three. Over.

Copy that. Echo 2, Echo 3.

- What's your position? Over.
- Give me your G.P.S.

Uh-

- 221 by 39.851. Over.
- Copy that. Stand by.

Okay. We're 20 miles apart.

Proceed to coordinates
2107 by 38.720. Over.

- Roger that.
- Get there as fast as you can, Echo 3.

L.Τ., where are the others?

We're it. Over.

[ Callaghan ] Not entirely, Echo 7.
Echo 12 in the air.

- No shit?
- No shit.

All right. Echo 3, you got a
10-mile hump ahead of ya.

- Get movin'.
- Roger that.

Echo 12, glide to
these coordinates.

Sir, why haven't we turned this plane
around? We have got to get back to base.

Son, we're flying commercial airspace
with a commercial I.F.F. signature.

Any deviation of our flight
plan, they'll- Shit.

You're right. I'm
sorry, Colonel.

We got to get back
to base, A.S.A.P.

I got four guys down
there that need my help.

I understand.

We'll drop off the North Korean
radar somewhere over Kazakhstan,

then vector back to Seoul.

I'll have you in South
Korea in under four hours.

Thank you, sir.

[ Grunting ]

Did you jump on the red?

Oh, Jesus, man. You scared me.
Did you jump on the red?

Yes, I did. How about a little
help getting me down from here?

That was real dumb, Spaz.
Yeah, I know.

It's not funny, Neil.
[ Laughing ]

- I don't suppose you brought a satcom?
- No.

But I did bring my
travel backgammon.

One P.V.C. 77 satellite-encrypted
transceiver.

Good job, Spaz.

- Thanks.
- But you're still in a lot of trouble.

How are they? There's four
of them on the ground.

They're all okay. They're
scattered in two spots.

What's his call sign? Echo 7.

Echo 7, you all right?
Any injuries?

Yeah, we're all tip-top, sir.

Okay, listen up. Your
mission has been recalled.

I want you to reconnoiter to a safe hide
site and dig in awaiting exfiltration.

Keep your terrestrial
comms to a minimum.

There's not a lot of R.F. up there.
You guys' Il stick out real bad.

- Sir, we had a rubber-duck contingency.
- It's been aborted.

- Any time estimate on exfil, sir?
- Not at this time.

Understood.

Make contact again at 1800.

Alpha Whiskey out.

1800. Echo 7 out.

All right. Let's hump, Stokeman.

Hey. It's "the Stoke."

Sir? Master Chief
Barnes is here.

Sir. Master Chief.

Requesting permission to mount
a boat-drop rescue mission.

Barnes,

there's not gonna
be a boat drop.

They're gonna exfiltrate
using an MH-53 Pave Low.

How's a chopper gonna
avoid detection, sir?

When we're bombing the shit out of them,
we won't be so worried about detection.

Sir, we've got four Navy SEALs
downrange behind enemy lines.

They are sitting ducks- Did you come
in here to tell me that, Chief?

There's not gonna
be a navy rescue.

Flyboys will handle this.

- Return to your staging area.
- Sir.

[ Door Closes ]

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

Shultiess, get the computer and
bring up a sat image of the area.

There's a little village about a half klick down
the hill that wasn't even on this goddamn map.

Of course there is.

[ People Chattering In Korean ]

[ Shouting ]

At nightfall, we're gonna move
to the top of these mountains,

then east, over into
this area here.

It's more remote, but it's
closer to the missile site.

They're probably gonna ask us to do B.D.A.
on their runs.

So we might as well dig in near the site.
Hey, L.T. Look-

all due respect-

I didn't risk a court-martial
to do bomb damage assessment...

for a bunch of faggot-ass F-117 flyboys.
Now, look.

Let's just go find that missile
site and blow its ass up.

You done?

- [ Muffled Voice, Footsteps ]
- Shh!

[ Murmuring ]

[ Shouts ] [ Screaming ]

[ Callaghan ] Bobby, he saw us.
What should we do?

[ Child Shouting In Korean ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Door Crashes ]

- [ Screaming ]
- Shut up!

- Callie, check the window!
- L.T., what do you want me to do?

- I got her.
- [ Screaming ]

- [ Speaking Korean ]
- Neil, cover that window.

[ Callaghan ] Stop!
You got to shut up!

Neil, shut her up!

- [ Callaghan ] Shultiess, grab her!
- [ James ] Meideros, grab her!

- [ Callaghan ] I got her!
- [ Screaming ]

[ Shouting ] Bobby,
get out of there!

- Shultiess! Meideros! On me!
- [ Shouting ]

Neil, let's go! Come on!

[ Gunfire Continues ]

[ Shouting In Korean ]

Meideros, get us restocked!
Shultiess, check our six.

Fucker shot me right
in my Kevlar.

Seeing how we're compromised,

can we call in for
an exfiltration?

Negative on that.
We're on our own.

This way's no good. Cliffs.

All right. We're gonna have to turn
around, take the fight to them.

- We're gonna leapfrog in pairs.
Meideros, you're with me. - Gotcha.

No different than a live-fire
exercise, San Clemente.

Hey! Radio frequency charts are
in my right thigh pocket, okay?

And all the instructions
are right there too.

And I expect you to hand
them to me if I need them.

On your command, Daiwi.

Let's go to work.

[ Callaghan ] Come on, kid.

[ Men Shouting ]

[ Korean ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

- Advance!
- Callie! Come on!

[ Screams ]

[ Device Beeping ]

R.P.G.!

Meideros! Get over here!

Echo 7 to base. Do you copy?

Base, this is Echo 7.
Do you copy? Over.

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

Bobby! We're gonna die!

Bobby! Man down!

We got to get out of here!
Come on!

Stay with me, Shultiess.
Stay with me.

I can't see anything!

Echo 7 to base. We have brevity
code Charlie. I repeat-Charlie.

We're facing heavy enemy fire. We
have engaged. Do you copy? Over.

No one is dying on my stick.
I told you. Hold tight.

[ Shouting In Korean ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Screams ]

Our Father, who art in heaven-

[ Speaking Korean ]

[ Growling ]

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

♪♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

[ Shutter Clicking ]

Mr. Ambassador. Mr. President.

I was just about to call
your president on the phone.

Mr. President, wars are started
over misunderstandings.

I don't quite- Wars.

And this war will be fought
on South Korea's soil.

Your U .S.S. Ronald Reagan has
made way to the Sea of Japan,

and your destroyer, the U.S.S. Lassen
is on course to the Yellow Sea.

You don't think North Korea could
misconstrue your actions...

as a provocation
towards engagement?

I wouldn't confuse the navy-
From your ships' movements,

I assume you have
seen the missile.

Your Navy SEALs were captured...

by the D.P.R.K. Fifth
Regiment in Kimhyongjik.

I should say, two captured.

Two of your men... were killed.

How did you get these?

Your government spends billions
of dollars on your satellites,

all to avoid putting human
intelligence inside hostile territory.

These photos came from one
soldier with a $3,000 camera...

connected to a satellite phone.

They were taken four hours ago.

We discovered the missile
at Yongjiri 10 days ago,

and we've been watching them
assemble it in the caves.

Our Special Operations Τask
Force 121 infiltrated the area.

We were wondering when you
were going to discover it.

Were you ever planning on telling
us about this grave threat?

Mr. Ambassador, when we first
discovered the missile,

we had hopes for a preemptive
Special Operations mission.

It required the utmost secrecy-
Your mission was compromised.

Yes.

It was an act of war
against the D.P.R.K.

We felt that we could count- Their
retaliation will be against my country.

How could you have such-

We're trying to preserve
a fragile peace.

By attacking a
sovereign country.

Your administration has always
preached regime change,

and now you see the
chance to effect it.

All that stands in the way are the
many hundreds of thousands of lives-

Korean lives- that will
be lost in the process.

- It won't be hundreds of thousands.
- That'll be all, General.

And should you
succeed, what then?

- We have no plans for- - Twenty-three
million hungry North Koreans.

Where do they go? New York?
Philadelphia?

They come to Seoul.

They come to Seoul like East
Germany went to Berlin.

They come to Seoul and
destroy our economy.

We are not ready for this.
We did not ask for this.

And you-Now you give
us no choice but this?

What of China's reactions?
Japan's?

The United Nations'?
The world's reactions?

Mr. Ambassador, we assure you there will
be no further military action conducted...

until South Korea and the
United States see eye to eye.

That's right.

Then turn your ships around.

[ People Chattering In Korean ]

[ Shouting ]

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

[ Man ] Sir, as of
0900 this morning,

Operation Sheet Lightning
remains on schedule,

with the Eighth Fighter Wing
and 18th Bomber Wing...

both reporting troop
strengths at over 85%.

- [ Vance ] What's the deal with
these estimates? - [ Man ] Sir?

- 10,000 U.S. casualties?
- 5,000 to 10,000. Yes, sir.

10,000 to 50,000 South Korean?
That's combined civilian-military.

Sir, it is what it is.
These are good numbers.

Bullshit. We're taking out 90% of their
artillery in the first 90 minutes.

We factored that in, sir. I can't
take these numbers to the president.

He'll shut us down. Sir,
we stand by these numbers.

Yeah, I heard you.

Bring me different ones.

[ Korean ] Okay!

Bobby, don't you say- [ Grunts ]

[ Korean ]

What your mission? I
don't understand.

What your mission?

I don't understand
what you're saying.

[ Screams ]

What... your mission?

No. No.

- Come on, man.
- You Delta Forces?

- Huh?
- Delta? Screw those-

[ Screams ]

Today, I'm supposed to teach you about
survival techniques... for torture.

But there's nothing I
can say to you today...

that's gonna change things when and
if you get captured by the enemy.

The Vietcong did their thing
on me for three days.

They did things...

that were truly
unimaginable, un-human.

If any of you...

should ever get
captured by the enemy,

know this-

That I will be there with you.

Because you men are my brothers,

and I will never
leave you alone.

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

[ Groaning ]

You, uh, Army Ranger?

Black Hawk Ground? Yeah.

I'm Black Hawk Ground.

Black Hawk Ground? Yeah.

I will never leave you.

Yeah, I'm Black Hawk
Ground, you fucking pussy.

Pussy? What do you mean "pussy"?

Pussy. You pussy.

[ Groaning ]

What your mission?

[ Groans ]

[ Screams, Cries ]

American think we stupid? Ηuh?

You think we "savagy"?

I know how speak Englishy,
Chinesy and Frenchy.

I study stupid
university in Pyongyang.

I travel to Shanghai,
study Mandarin.

You're a great man.

[ Shouting In Korean ]

[ Korean ]

[ Men Shouting In Korean ]

I told him that you are
Lieutenant Robert James,

Navy SEALs Team 1.

[ Laughing ]

He said, if you are navy,
then where is your boat?

[ Laughing ] Funny, huh?

We have a real
problem, you and me.

You see, America
sees two Koreas-

North and South.

- [ Groans ]
- [ Wood Creaking ]

[ Groans, Screams ]

[ Groans ]

[ Gasping ] I apologize, Lieutenant.
That must be very painful.

[ Muffled Groaning ]

[ Man Speaking Korean ]

Hwang here is very excited.

Delivering American soldiers
to our Dear Leader...

would bring him and his
men great rewards-

enough pork and beef for perhaps
two months, maybe even more.

Maybe a letter of commendation
from our Dear Leader.

[ Korean ]

You see,

Hwang here-he wants me to
radio my commanders...

to tell them about
his great discovery.

You see, America
sees two Koreas.

We see only one.

We call her "The Land
of the Morning Calm."

[ Coughs ]

Our Dear Leader tells us...

soon we will reunify
under his great command.

So we wait and prepare
for this day.

Yeah, well, that's
never gonna happen.

- No?
- No.

Maybe you are right.

Maybe you and I are
not so different.

Yeah, well, your leader-
he's fuckin' crazy.

[ Laughing ]

In my country, we are killed...

for saying such things
about our leaders.

Yeah, well, in mine, it's
pretty much national sport.

I am afraid that if
our Dear Leader...

finds that there are Navy
SEALs in the D.P.R.K.,

that would give him enough
reason for the reunification.

That'd be really stupid.

I think so too.

I am afraid that
our Dear Leader...

thinks that we are more
powerful than we really are.

I think people are afraid to tell
him how hungry his soldiers are,

how old his equipment is.

So? So I think it is better
that you die here...

without our Dear
Leader ever knowing.

Don't you think so?

[ Korean ]

[ Man Speaking Korean ]

I told him to tell
the villagers...

to say nothing about
ever seeing you.

Better, no?

You see, I am... a good chingu.

Do you know what chingu means?

"Friends."

Friends with common interests.

[ Korean ]

We go to my command.

There you will tell me
what I need to know.

Why haven't we heard
from the North Koreans?

They may still be
deciding what to ask for.

There's been no increased
military activity-

not at Yongjiri, D.M.Z.,
Yongbyon-nothin'.

More than likely, they're looking for the Dear
Leader. He goes missing from time to time.

Mr. President. Have
you spoken to them?

Yeah. So?

So, here's what the South
Koreans are saying.

If we execute the surgical
strike at the missile site,

they believe the D.P.R.K. will
retaliate with artillery.

And their damage estimates are far
greater than the Pentagon estimates-

as high as one million dead.

They're utterly misguided.
They- Hold on, General.

What do they suggest?

I'll let the general take
you through it, sir.

I'd just like to say up front that
we had this scenario ourselves,

but we didn't think you'd
abide our suggesting it.

The truth is, sir, in terms of allied
casualty projections, they're-

Well, they're extremely
positive, sir.

Let's hear the plan, General.
Admiral.

Well, sir, it starts with an absolute
naval blockade along the 37th parallel.

We're prepared to effect that any
time tomorrow after 1200 hours.

[ Vance ] And then, Mr.
President, the plan calls for...

a combined R.O.K.-U.S.
preemptive first strike-

a sudden massive and overwhelming
barrage along the entire D.P.R.K. line.

Artillery, air bases,
supply depots, army bases.

We can get half their forces while
they're asleep in their barracks.

We could keep their MIGs
from ever takin' off.

Probably could get another 20% of their ground
force as they're approaching their tubes.

Any tubes we missed in the first
cruise strikes and F-117 runs-

the South Koreans have Patriot
batteries all along the line.

A second wave of sorties
90 minutes later...

would end the threat of
artillery altogether.

We would make the missile sites and
the nuclear research facilities...

secondary and tertiary targets.

Ellie. This is what the
South Koreans proposed?

If it's this or a
surgical strike,

which would leave the
North Koreans...

entirely capable of a
full-strength retaliation,

then, yes, they'd prefer
preemptive attack.

It's a provocative strategy,
sir, no question.

But, well, the allied casualty
projections are the real draw.

- What are they? - We could reasonably
project total allied casualties-

I'm talkin' combined U.S. and
South Korean total dead-

1,000 to 3,000.

It'd all be over in a
matter of hours, sir.

General, what are the enemy
casualty projections?

Sir?

I truly believe our
response is justified...

by North Korea deploying
a nuclear I.C.B.M.

What are the
projections, General?

Somewhere between 350,000
and 500,000 dead, sir.

Yeah.

Cam, Ellie-my office. Right now.

This-This thing is
totally out of hand!

These num-Vance has been pushing
Armageddon since the beginning.

It's- Oh. [ Clears
Throat ] Excuse me.

I've gotta use the head.

You know what I love most about
the navy, Mr. President?

[ Sighs ] What is that?

The boats go real slow.

[ Clock Ticking ]

[ Men Shouting In Korean ]

Mr. Ambassador, this proposal-
this surprise attack-it's-

Does this represent the
wishes of your government?

Mr. President,

3.5 million North Koreans have died from
starvation in the last three years.

What has your nation done
to grieve these deaths?

The casualties- the
enemy casualties-

Mr. President, you give us
only evils to choose from.

[ Men Shouting In Korean ]

Come. Come. Come. I want
to show you something.

You know movie Taxi Rider?

Robert "Niro," "Jo Jo" Foster?

Taxi Rider. [ Laughing ]

[ Korean ]

[ Men Shouting ]

[ Callaghan ] I said
get the fuck off me!

[ Korean ]

Taxi rider. Yeah.

[ Shouting In Korean ]

Tell me about Taxi Rider.
Jo-Jo Jo Foster.

[ Gunshots ]

[ Men Shouting ]

Don't shoot! Please,
don't shoot!

- Are you Robert James?
- Yes.

This is Captain Chung Won Joon of
the South Korean Task Force 121,

- [ Gunfire Continues ]
- Bobby!

Our government has
sent us to help you.

[ Screams ]

Would you like to
come with us, sir?

[ Gunfire Continues ]
That'd be real good.

Hey. See if you can
get this thing goin'.

[ Gunfire Continues ]

[ Korean ]

It's not happening. No fuel.

Captain. I need that jeep.

My men. [ Korean ]

Shit!

[ Men Shouting ]

I'm gonna go for the jeep.
That's a bad idea, Bobby.

What are we gonna do? We
can't just stick here.

[ Gunfire Continues ]

- [ Doors Slamming ]
- [ Engine Starting ]

- [ Groaning ]
- [ Men Shouting ]

[ Korean ]

[ Device Beeping ]

- [ Korean ]
- [ Groaning ]

[ All Shouting ]

Bobby! The wall!

- Bobby, it's a dead end. Back up! Back up!
- I can see that, Neil!

Chingu.

[ Screaming ]

- Echo 7?
- [ James ] Yes, sir!

Sir, I have two K.I.A.

And Callaghan-well, sir,
he's hurt pretty bad.

But, sir, there's something you
need to pass on right away.

Mr. President.

I've got Commander
Mackey on the line.

Lieutenant Bobby James is
freed in North Korea...

and safe with South
Korean Special Forces.

Additionally, sir, Lieutenant
James is reporting...

that at least some of his
captors were Chieu Hoi.

That's, um- Vietnamese
for "defectors."

I know what it means, Admiral. I was there.
Beg your pardon, sir.

Ellie, I want you to hear this.

Go ahead, Commander.
[ Mackey ] Sir.

Lieutenant James is asking
permission to cross deck.

Uh, I was Army Ranger,
not a sailor.

"Cross deck," sir, means to cross over and
join the troops that have come to replace you.

Sir, he's asking to remount
Operation Silent Night...

with the help of the South
Korean Special Ops.

They think they can
sabotage the missile site?

That's absurd. Vance.

Admiral? That is what
he's saying, sir.

Okay, we need to get
Ambassador Li in here.

Commander Mackey, how
many men are there?

Six, including Lieutenant James.

I don't see a downside.

Excuse me.

Detection, loss of the
initiative, element of surprise.

If the D.P.R.K. Central Command
doesn't know about the SEALs,

there's a chance they don't know
we're coming for their missile.

- Mr. President, we've been down
this road, sir. We can- - Vance.

I'm done talkin' about this.

Commander Mackey,
permission granted.

And tell your man that,
should he succeed,

he'll have the thanks of more
than one grateful nation.

Yes, sir. We'll give it
everything we've got.

[ Mackey On Radio
] Echo 7 Yankee.

- Mission status-Ηilary.
- Roger. Hilary.

- Report at 0400 prior to your assault.
- Yes, sir.

Captain Chung, I am
Ambassador Li Sung Park.

I am calling from the office of the
president of the United States.

[ Speaking Korean ]

I have just received order to
assist you in any way possible.

[ Inhales ] I guess we are,

how do you say- in business.

- In business.
- Yes!

We gotta get rid of this taxi.

I must speak to
my president now.

I wish our soldiers success, Mr.
President.

I fear their actions will
determine war or peace.

Mr. Ambassador, our nation thanks
you for your actions here today.

[ Door Closes ]

I don't care what the president
of South Korea's willing to do.

I'm not gonna authorize a preemptive
full-scale assault on North Korea.

We'll give the SEALs 24 hours.

If they fail, we'll proceed with a
surgical strike on the missile site.

I'm done talkin' about this.

- If we go that way, who's gonna tell the
South Koreans? - They'll see it on CNN.

Sir, if the South Koreans are right, our
strike could provoke a lethal counterattack.

If they come at us with
everything, including W.M.D.'s,

we're talking 700,000 to a
million South Koreans dead.

They won't do that.

They know we need to
take this site out.

Unless they want us to attack...

so they can say we
started this war.

- [ Honks Ηorn ]
- [ Tires Screeching ]

- Now we go to missile? - I need you to get
me to the hills above the village first.

A few toys for our trip.
Let's move out.

I got satellite photos
of the missile site.

Oh. Look.

These are fan-fuckin'-tastic.

Fan-fucking-tastic?

[ Laughing ] I like this saying.

These workers- why are they
wearing these uniforms?

Oh. Prisoners. They are
all political prisoners.

They work there until they die.

That way, no risk of D.P.R.K.
secrets ever leaving.

What about the ones that don't die?
Eventually they all die.

Fortunately for Kim Jong ll,

there is no shortage of new
political prisoners in North Korea.

All along the perimeter, there's
double bands of razor wire,

plus guards every 50 meters.

Except here. No fences at
the mouth of valley...

because of these cliffs.

- Okay. Well, can the truck take us there?
- No.

- Looks like we're gonna have
to climb then. - Mm-hmm.

[ Speaking Korean ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Vehicle Approaching ]

Chung, I gotta radio in brevity code so
they don't assume we've been compromised.

Sure. [ Speaking Korean ]

Want to try this?

[ Shouting ]

[ Donkey Braying ]

[ Braying ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

Come on. Let's go.

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

There's no way that I'm letting' you-
You're not comin' with me, Neil.

Sorry.

[ Exhales ]

♪♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

[ Man ] Echo 7
Yankee, do you copy?

Echo 7 Yankee, come in.

[ James ] All right. They're still
fueling the missile. That's good.

There's light guard
on the bunker.

Soldiers must still
be in their barracks.

[ Man On Radio ] Jinhae,
this is Kunsan 230.

Your signal is strong.
Good check.

Continue beacon at
constant interval.

[ Man ♫2 ] Roger, Kunsan. Maintaining
current signal strength.

[ Man ♫3 ] Jinhae, this is the U.S.S.
Ronald Reagan.

Continuing signal sweep.
No signals reported. Over.

[ Man ♫1 ] Ronald Reagan, Jinhae.
Appreciate the help, sir.

Henry, this plan of yours
is gonna get people hurt.

What's your status?

We're waiting for contact
from Lieutenant James.

[ Chatter Continues On Radio ]

He's overdue.

I'm shuttin' you down, bud.

Norman, for god's sake,
give it a chance.

Just give it 10 more minutes.

Come in, Echo 7.
Echo 7, do you copy?

You guys ready?

[ Chattering In Korean ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Generator Whirring ]

[ Men Laughing, Chattering ]

[ Generator Sputters, Stops ]

[ Whirring ]

[ Speaking Korean ]

[ Man ] Echo 7 Yankee, come in.

Echo 7 Yankee, do you copy?
Come on. Come on.

[ Men Speaking Korean ]

[ Korean ]

[ Silenced Gunshot ]

Okay.

[ Korean ]

Prisoners.

Tell 'em they're free to go. They
gotta get the hell outta here now.

[ Chung Speaking Korean ]

Admiral, General Vance tells me we may
have lost track of Operation Silent Night.

That's correct, sir.
What does that mean?

I'm afraid we-

We have to assume that they
have been compromised.

[ Speaking Korean ]

[ Korean ]

He say, "Thank you
for my freedom."

Fight? You want to
fight alongside us?

Okay.

[ Speaking Korean ]

American Navy Seal!

- [ Korean ]
- No!

[ Korean ]

Let's get the hell outta here now.
Come on. Let's get outta here.

American Navy Seal. You come.

You come! [ Gunshot ]

[ Man Speaking Korean ]

[ Korean ] [ Stammering ]

I know, if you do
not succeed here,

things will only get
worse for my country.

[ Man Speaking Korean ]

Tell your president that we are not
all ignorant peasants here in Korea.

[ Stammering ] [ Korean ]

All right, let's get the hell outta here.
Now. Come on.

[ Korean ]

Come on.

They're on their own. We
can't do any more for them.

[ All Shouting ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

Mr. President, if we're
gonna make our window,

we have to put the
B-2s at Okinawa...

and the F-117s at Jinhae
in the air right now.

Very well.

Okinawa and Jinhae are "go."

Jinhae, Okinawa, you are "go."

Eighteenth Bomber
Wing, you are "go."

[ Man On Radio ]
cleared for takeoff.

- Requesting priority clearance Runway 275.
- Go, Okinawa. Go.

Tucson, Eighth Fighter
Wing is a "go."

[ Overlapping Radio
Communications ]

- Jinhae launching and away.
- Roger, Okinawa. Launching and away.

- [ Gunfire ]
- Move!

[ Shouting In Korean ]

[ Man On Radio ] Roger, Okinawa. On course.
Proceeding north 270.

Initializing
target-acquisition software.

[ Man On Radio ] Jinhae 17
moving into attack formation.

[ Gunfire Continues ]

[ Shouting ]

Chung!

Okay! [ Speaking Korean ]

There are too many of
them at the bunker.

No matter what, hold them here.
Right!

[ Korean ]

Sir, the first wave breaks North
Korean airspace in nine minutes.

Past this point, the squadron
needs a "go forward" order.

- So ordered.
- Oscar 20.

- "Go" order is affirmed.
- Roger that, CENTCOM.

Proceeding on course. Crossing
hostile territory in 0847.

[ Gunfire Continues ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Beeping ]

Chung! Get your men! Let's go!
They're dead!

Watch out!

Sir, the first squad penetrates
hostile airspace in 45 seconds.

The tanker should have
blown the bunker.

Shit! Hold on.

[ People Screaming ]

[ Overlapping Radio
Transmissions ]

[ Man ] Mr. President.

[ Man On Radio ] Initializing
weapon systems. Safety off.

[ Beeping ]

Get new orders out to all pilots
in Operation Sheet Lightning.

Brevity code Allison. All elements
stand down. All pilots return to base.

Echo 20. Echo 20.
Brevity code Allison.

Stand down. I repeat-stand down.

[ Man On Radio ] Roger that, CENTCOM.
Aborting approach.

Man, that was close.

[ Chattering ] [ Man ] Sir,
our boys have done it.

Neil! You good? Yeah.

Yeah, you were making
quite a racket up there.

I was just tryin'
to get some sleep.

Better hold on. It's
gonna get bumpy.

You wanted to see me, sir?
Come on in, Barnes.

If I can drop you here, can you
get a rubber-duck exfil team...

two kilometers up the Τumen
River from the Sea of Japan?

With resupply tanks,

you bet your ass we could, sir.

So, how would you and your
boys like to go get your L.T.?

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

Spaz.

Meideros and Shultiess,
they- We know.

We couldn't- I-I wanted-

Bobby. We know.

♪♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

I'm sorry to keep you
waiting, General.

- Please sit down.
- Thank you, Mr. President.

This nation owes you a
debt of gratitude, Norman.

You've had a long... and
a distinguished career.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Norman.

I'm relieving you
of your command.

Will the defendant approach?

You wanted to see me, sir.

You've been invited to the
White House, Lieutenant.

The president wants to
give you a commendation.

Me, sir?

I should be at that
tribunal with Callaghan.

Yeah, well, you're going to
the White House instead.

It's a classified meeting.
You understand?

No invited guests.

It's the Oval Office.

Just you and the president.

You can take one witness there.

One guy?

Master Chief Petty Officer Neil T.
Callaghan,

this tribunal has
reached its verdict.

On your feet, Master Chief.

Lieutenant James. Yes, sir.

It's a pleasure to meet you.
Come in. Sit down.

Thank you, sir.

On the Article 15 charge
of striking an officer,

we find the defendant
guilty as charged...

and sentence him to one year in the
Naval Consolidated Brig at Miramar.

Sir? The lieutenant's
witness is here.

Send him in.

♪♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ]

On the Article 90 charge of
disobeying a lawful order,

we find the defendant guilty...

and sentence him to 10 years
at NAVCONBRIG Miramar.

Lieutenant Robert James,

for service to your country,

I am proud to present
you with this Cross.

Does the prisoner have
anything he'd like to say?

No, sir.

Very well.

By executive order,

the transcripts of this tribunal
are classified top secret.

The record of these charges are to be
expunged from your permanent record,

and your sentence is
commuted to time served.

You're free to go, Master Chief.

♪♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

I never seen anybody swallow more puke on
one of my planes than you, Bobby James.

You saw that? [ Chuckles ]

Why didn't you ever red tag me?

Because I never saw anybody who
wanted to be a Navy Seal bad as you.

You know, Master Chief,

what you taught me, what
you trained me to do-

You saved my life
over there, sir.

Come on, son. [ Pats Shoulder ]

[ Woman Reporter ] High-Ranking U.S.
officials,

attempting to explain the cause
of a large mushroom cloud...

first seen over North
Korea on Sunday,

are raising more
questions than answers.

The mushroom cloud was
first detected Sunday...

in satellite images by
South Korean media,

indicating the cloud was
approximately four kilometers...

at the border area between North Korea
and China in Yanggang Province.

Pyongyang initially denied that
any explosion had occurred,

but later reversed themselves,
linking the explosion...

to a hydroelectric dam project.

In the U.S., several
high-ranking officials...

were unusually quick to accept
Pyongyang's explanation...

or offered differing
explanations of their own.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza
Rice told CNN yesterday,

"there are all kinds of reports, and there are
all kinds of assessments that are going on.

Maybe it was a forest
fire of some kind."

When the stories broke
over the weekend...

about some explosion taking
place in North Korea,

my instincts told me it was
not a nuclear explosion.

As you know, the North Koreans
have announced today...

that they were doing some demolition
work for a hydroelectric project,

and they're inviting
visiting foreign officials-

Especially from the United
Kingdom- to visit the site.

However, upon their return, the
diplomats told reporters...

that, according to the
satellite images,

they had been taken to
the wrong position-

about 100 kilometers from the
suspected explosion site.

Today, the story took
another curious turn...

as the South Korean Vice Minister
of Unification, Rhee Bong-jo,

released a statement claiming
that there was no explosion,

stating the supposed
mushroom cloud...

was a natural cloud formation.

Perhaps the most troubling theory put
forth to explain the large cloud...

is that a foreign state may have
incurred into North Korea...

to conduct a clandestine
military operation.

This theory took on greater
potential for being accurate...

when it was discovered today
that the explosion occurred...

near the site of
Yongjiri Missile Base,

a secret facility thought to have an
underground missile-firing system,

and which is also
suspected to contain...

part of the D.P.R.K.'s
uranium-enrichment program.

Mee Yong Chae, Korea News
International, Seoul.

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