Factual error: The military sends a signal to the drilling team's nuke, arming it and triggering a countdown. A sudden rush to disarm the warhead ensues, with the NASA team on Earth temporarily breaking the uplink and stopping the detonation countdown. However, modern nuclear weapons do not require a "constant uplink" to detonate. Once the signal is sent and the nuke is armed, the signal can be cut or interrupted and the nuke will continue counting down.
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Armageddon (1998)
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Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner
General Kimsey: We spend $250 billion a year on defence, and here we are! The fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of ret*rds I wouldn't trust with a potato gun!
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Question: Would someone please explain why they need a huge Gatling gun on the asteroid? Are they scared of aliens or what?
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Answer: If you look at the deleted scenes on the special edition DVD, you will see a deleted scene in which A.J. asks what they needed a gun for, and Max explains that it's for debris elimination, in order to take out small rocks in the way.