Rogers Henry, former head of the Defense Department's Medusa Project at Los Alamos, cons his estranged wife Vivian into transporting a "prototype" bomb to the Pentagon. Vivian accompanies the "prototype" bomb onto a Boeing 737 cargo flight, and once the jet is in the air, the count-down sequence is accidentally initiated. The crew discovers it is no prototype, but a working Medusa weapon capable of sending out an electro-magnetic pulse that would disrupt electronic communication across the continent. They also learn Rogers has synchronized the detonator with the frequency of Vivian's pacemaker, so that if she walks out of range the bomb will immediately go off.—Dennis Lewis imdb.com
Rogers Henry, former head of the Defense Department's Medusa Project at Los Alamos, cons his estranged wife Vivian into transporting a "prototype" bomb to the Pentagon. Vivian accompanies the "prototype" bomb onto a Boeing 737 cargo flight, and once the jet is in the air, the count-down sequence is accidentally initiated. The crew discovers it is...