Khrushchev finally makes what he believes will be his master stroke on the island of Cuba. If he can only get those medium range missiles operational in time all his bluff and bluster for the past 7 years will have paid off. But just when success seems within his grasp, disaster strikes.  Kennedy finds out... and not only does he find out but he threatens actual nuclear war.. ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. Meanwhile on Cuba, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara have resolved to to throw their tropical island home onto the nuclear funeral pyre and launch a first strike on America (with nuclear missiles that Uncle Sam has no idea are already locked and loaded). Which city will go up in a mushroom cloud? New York? Washington? Beneath the waves a Soviet Submarine captain and his first mate believe the world has already gone over the edge and order the firing of a "nuclear torpedo." How close can you get to the edge without falling?? Then,  what were the plans for everyday people should the unthinkable happen? What would your government do for you? You probably don't want to know.  Finally... the Soviets will build an actual doomsday machine. Yes, an actual automated system to finish human life on earth should their regime go down.  Pretty nuts eh? Sometimes reality is better than fiction.