detail is all about. The potential for catastrophe. We don't want any Munich massacres out here. Are you talking about crowd control from the air? Give that man a cigar. That's been tried. Didn't work out. - Where was that? - Vietnam. Oh, yeah. Well, we added a few new wrinkles to that. Such as? You'll see, Frank. You say this thing has antiterrorist capabilities. Are you saying it's armed? That I am. That it is. That sounds like it now. I thought it was illegal to arm police helicopters. That would depend on the circumstances, wouldn't it? A lot of people ain't gonna like this. What do they call that thing, an earbuster? The Special. But somebody hung a nickname on it. What? Somebody hung a nickname on it. Blue Thunder. Gentlemen, take your seats. Here she comes. She don't look normal... she don't fly normal, 'cause she ain't normal. This whole ship is heavily armored... with Nordoc NATO armor one inch thick. This ship is equipped with a forward mounted 20-millimeter electric cannon. Its six barrels are capable... of firing 4,000 rounds of ammunition per minute. And that, gentlemen, is one hell of a shit storm in anybody's language. Let's take a look... and watch the lady strut her stuff. Red dummies represent terrorists. The white are civilians, innocent bystanders. The object is for our pilot to knock out... the red dummies and the black car. He shouldn't touch any of the others. In a riot situation, we want to get the bad guys and protect the innocents. Oh, my God. With that kind of firepower, it wouldn't be used... unless our worst case scenario came to pass, like armed insurrection. It's comforting to know you've got it on tap. Gentlemen, let me have your attention. Notice the selectivity of the firing. This is not a strafing run where you tear up a whole street. This little lady picks her targets carefully. Watch. Look at that. All the red dummies are blown to hell. And a few white ones. There's one civilian dead for every ten terrorists. That's an acceptable ratio. Unless you're one of the civilians. All right. Last pass, gentlemen. Anybody want to bet on the school bus? We haven't told our pilot everything about the bus. Let's see if he can pick up on what's wrong with it. Damn it! Bloody gun! Gentlemen, come below. We'll take a closer look. I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have. Terrific shooting. - Beautiful, just beautiful. - Beautiful, was it? Goddamn it! I had another stoppage. I nearly killed the lot of you on that second pass. Tell Ordnance if it happens again, I'll have their balls for breakfast. There's somebody I want you to meet. - Well, what do you know! - A friend of yours? An old war buddy. Bastard tried to have me court-martialed. Sorry I brought it up. Look who it isn't. Colonel Cochrane, this is Captain Braddock of the Astro Division. And Frank Murphy. Frank is going to do the actual testing over the city. Finally made colonel? If you're a nice guy, nice things happen to you. I'll try to remember that. Step this way for any questions. How did we draw him? He and his observer were assigned to us. I didn't realize you were acquainted. Only too well, I'm afraid. I'd have had that bastard up on charges if he hadn't caught some shrapnel. No. He's totally unsuitable for our purpose. I'll call Mr. Holmes tonight. Don't bother him. I think we can handle it. This controls night sun with a heat-sensitive infrared filter. Over here is your TV camera with a 100-to-1 zoom lens. - Could've used this in Nam. - Could've used something. - Do you think you can fly it? - You flew it, didn't you? I'll check you out myself tomorrow. Be on the pad 12:00 sharp. 12:00 sharp. Catch you later. Stand back from there. Irritating little cocksucker, isn't he? Hey, tequila breath. Hey, my man in the sky. - How do you like your day shift? - My bride couldn't be happier, but ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Собачье сердце на английском - текст Бегущий человек на английском - текст Авиатор на английском - текст Дракула Брэма Стокера на английском - текст Кто расскажет небылицу на английском |