Lt. Hiram Coffey Quotes in The Abyss (1989)
Lt. Hiram Coffey Quotes:
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[passing over the wreck of the Montana]
Lindsey Brigman: Coffey, these are the missile hatches, is that right?
Lt. Hiram Coffey: That's right. It looks like a couple of hatches have sprung. Radiation's nominal. Warheads must still be intact.
Lindsey Brigman: How many are there?
Lt. Hiram Coffey: Twenty-four Trident missiles, eight M.I.R.V.s per missile.
Lindsey Brigman: [after a pause] That's a hundred and ninety-two warheads, Coffey. How powerful are they?
Lt. Hiram Coffey: The M.I.R.V. is a tactical nuke. Uh, fifty kilotons, nominal yield, say... five times Hiroshima.
[One Night, listening, mouths "fuck!"]
Lindsey Brigman: Jesus Christ. It's World War Three in a can.
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Lt. Hiram Coffey: Sniff something? Did ya, rat boy?
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