Noah Oppenheim responded to complaints from the Pentagon over the accuracy of the film’s depiction of the US’s defence systems
Noah Oppenheim, the writer of Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear-missile thriller 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.”
The memo added that the US’s missile interceptors “have displayed a 100% accuracy rate in testing for more than a decade”.
Oppenheim, former president of NBC News, said that he spoke to “many missile defence experts, all on the record … our missile defence system is highly imperfect.” He added: “What we show in the movie is accurate.”
