Army helicopters at his disposal to move his unit to a new pumping station ahead of the Soviets. Caffey deduces the Soviet assault unit's goal. military units from bases and forts in southern Alaska from reinforcing Caffey's unit. The President fears that the people of the United States will demand a declaration of war against the Russians for this attack. forces to be mobilized in response to the Soviet incursion, under the pretext of unscheduled training exercises. The President orders a media blackout on the emergency but then orders U.S. President Thomas McKenna ( Rock Hudson) orders Caffey's National Guard troops to be federalized and orders Caffey to do all he can to stop the Soviet troops. Caffey notifies the Pentagon by radio of the situation. Roberts, who did not believe the news of the invading Soviet troops, is killed in Caffey's first firefight with the Soviets. Caffey takes command of the Guardsmen when his senior officer Gen. The General flies to the scene only to be seen by the Soviets. Caffey then shadows the Soviet troops after notifying Ft Wainwright Commander, General Roberts. Caffey goes out on a search mission and discovers one on the Alaskan Scouts still alive and learns of the Soviet incursion. Caffey flies to the National Guard temporary patrol base to meet with the other half of the Guard company. At Fort Wainwright, Colonel Jake Caffey ( David Soul), a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, is sent by his commanding officer to locate the soldiers, who are 24 hours late in reporting back in from the training exercise. A squad of 18 lightly armed soldiers of the Alaska Army National Guard and Alaskan Scouts, who are on a training exercise, are discovered, ambushed, and killed by the Soviet invaders. This has caused severe food shortages and domestic unrest inside the Soviet Union. The governments of Canada, Australia, and Argentina have joined the U.S. This operation is being conducted in response to America's grain embargo of the Soviet Union just as the 1980 grain embargo was in response to the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Vorashin's orders are to seize control of a strategically located pumping station along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline so as to threaten placement of floating explosive devices in the stream of oil and destroy substantial portions of the pipeline. The Soviets have inserted a cold weather Spetsnaz assault force of approximately 35-40 KGB desant ski troops led by Soviet Colonel Alexander Vorashin ( Jeroen Krabbé) into northern Alaska with a track-driven armored vehicle. Out of the plane, the Soviets launch a secret incursion into Alaska. The necessary blind spot has been created in the radar for the plane to continue unabated into Alaska. operative who'd been in the Air Force for 15 years. It's later learned that the traitor was a deep cover K.G.B.
Lighting a cigarette, the traitor notifies Elmendorf that the station will be out of commission for the next hour in order to repair a malfunctioning generator. He then proceeds to shoot the remaining station personnel while they are sleeping in their bunks. The other Airman retrieves a silenced Mac-10 from his desk and kills him. He alerts his partner about the threat and begins to contact Elmendorf AFB. Suddenly, one of the radar operators notices an unidentified aircraft sneaking in on the leading edge of a weather front. Air Force Airmen monitor their radar screens at a quiet and remote NORAD facility in Alaska. ( August 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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