High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator bomber, a colonel stares in disbelief at the attack code number on his fail-safe box and wonders if it could possibly be a mistake. Get us in your inbox However, one missile explodes earlier than expected; the second bomber blows up, but Colonel Grady's plane survives.
With the radio channel still open, the President attempts to persuade Grady that there is no war. In Fail Safe a single flight of six ‘Vindicator’ bombers proceeds into Russia, ... Theatrically speaking it’s fine, but it’s as vague as the cockpit in Colonel Grady’s ‘Vindicator’ bomber, which pales beside Strangelove’s utterly convincing B-52 interior. High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator bomber, a colonel stares in disbelief at the attack code number on his fail-safe box and wonders if it could possibly be a mistake.