Tomorrow Never Dies Page #3

INT. WARSHIP WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM -

FIRING OFFICER:

Cruise missile away -

MI-6 SITUATION ROOM -

FIRING OFFICER'S VOICE (Cont'd)

Time to target:
Four minutes.

ADMIRAL ROEBUCK:

I appreciate your assistance, M. But

this is now a military operation.

M:

(urgently, to Tanner)

Bring up the tracking satellite. And

get 007 out of there.

Tanner hits a button - and a third video screen appears, displaying a

satellite view of the area, detailing the Cruise's path and progress.

TANNER:

One to seven:
Exit target area.

Repeat -

BOND'S VOICE

Seven to one. Negative. Wait.

THE ROCK OUTCROPPING -

Bond has taken his eye from the scope. He's peering at:

THE MIG-29'S - ("MiG-1," AND "MiG-2") -

A FORKLIFT appears from behind the TRUCK blocking the view of "MiG-l"

A TALL BALD MAN is riding the empty fork, with his back to us.

BOND -

Puts his eye back on the scope, shifts the rifle -

MI-6/VIDEO WALL -

Bond's scope view settles on THE BALD MAN. The forklift reaches the

back of the truck. HE STEPS OFF as the fork begins rising to unload

something. And as the man turns, FACING US to scan the area:

TANNER:

Oh, no.

M:

Who is it?

TANNER:

(calling up his stats)

Kim Dae Yung. North Korean Nuclear

specialist.

M:

Meaning there may be nuclear material

down there?

Tanner nods. A look passes from M, to Bukharin, to Roebuck.

THE CRUISE MISSILE -

Hugging the surface, crossing from water to land.

MI-6 SITUATION ROOM -

VOICE FROM WARSHIP

Time to target:
Three minutes.

(sfx:
Beep!)

Target acquired. Weapon armed.

Tension. Adrenaline. QUIET PANIC. On the SCREEN, the FORK LIFT has

pulled a RED BOX from the truck, a SHORT ROUND MAN appearing with it.

M:

Who is that?!? What's in the box??

TANNER:

(punching buttons)

I don't know. He's not in the database -

M:

(to Bukharin)

What's in the box, General?

(he shrugs)

What's in the box???

BUKHARIN:

(sheepishly)

... We usually... Transport...

Weapons grade uranium.

Shock sweeps the room. M turns on Tanner:

M:

Will it go off?

TANNER:

Maybe. Maybe not.

M:

Abort the cruise.

ADMIRAL ROEBUCK:

It's too late -

M:

GET BOND OUT OF THERE.

TANNER:

One to seven - one to seven -

BOND - SQUINTING THROUGH THE RIFLE AT THE OUTCROPPING -

BOND:

Negative, one. NOT YET.

THE TRUCK/MiG-l, ON THE GROUND/THROUGH THE SCOPE -

THE BALD MAN slaps the back of the truck obscuring MiG-1. THE TRUCK

PULLS AWAY, revealing MiG-l's WING. Hanging from the weapons pod: A

NUCLEAR BOMB.

BOND - AT THE ROCK OUTCROPPING -

Mutters a curse.

MI-6 SITUATION ROOM -

TANNER:

Soviet SB-9 nuclear torpedo. Yield,

one kiloton.

M:

Will the cruise set it off?

TANNER:

Yes.

ADMIRAL ROEBUCK:

(to Bukharin)

Jesus. Can't you people keep

anything locked up?

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