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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

A House of Dynamite writer ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Pentagon’s complaints about nuclear missile thriller

Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker in House of Dynamite
Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker in House of Dynamite Photograph: Eros Hoagland/PA

Noah Oppenheim, the writer of Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear-missile thriller A House of Dynamite has responded to complaints from the Pentagon over the accuracy of its depiction of the US’s defence systems, saying he “respectfully disagree[s]”.

In an internal memo dated 16 October obtained by Bloomberg, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said: “The fictional interceptors in the movie miss their target and we understand this is intended to be a compelling part of the drama intended for the entertainment of the audience,” but results from real-world testing “tell a vastly different story.”

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