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** Subverted with Defense Secretary Weinberger: he insists on transparency from the Pentagon and has no patience for Partridge's double-speak, but ultimately does nothing to remove the prevailing atmosphere in the military-industrial complex ("get it done, I don't care how") that is InherentInTheSystem.
* RuleOfThree: Before asking General Patridge about the Bradley, Defense Secretary Weinberger asks two other officers from the Army and Navy about the weapons they're developing, both of whom assure him that ''"everything is just peachy."'' Based on what Burton has already seen of the Bradley, the audience can tell that they, and Partridge, are lying through their teeth.
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: The officers behind the testing of the various other behind schedule weapons all clearly have a lot of waste and problems going on that they steadfastly lie about to the Secretary of Defense, although whether any of that stoops to Bradley levels of negligence is unclear.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: Before asking Partridge about the progress of the Bradley, Secretary Weinberger mentions two other projects in development, the M247 "Sergeant York" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and the A-12 "Avenger II" attack aircraft. Both projects were expensive failures, canceled after the events of the film (in 1985 and 1991, respectively), and the fact that their respective developers assure Secretary Weinberger that ''"everything is just peachy"'' only confirms what Burton suspects about the Bradley.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: The officers behind the testing of the various otherbehind schedule behind-schedule weapons all clearly have a lot of waste and problems going on that they steadfastly lie about to the Secretary of Defense, although whether any of that stoops to Bradley levels of negligence is unclear.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: The officers behind the testing of the various other
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** A major idea of the film is that the Bradley is a MasterOfNone, not fitting the role of a recon vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, or a tank destroyer. However, the Bradley's actual function is that of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV): a vehicle that carries a squad of troops to the battlefield, and then sticks around and helps them out with a suite of weapons on par with those of a light tank. This isn't a concept that the designers cooked up just to pretend it had a job, either; the Soviet BMP-1 had pioneered that exact role since 1966, and a major reason for the Bradley's development was to give the US an answer to it.
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** A major idea of the film is that the Bradley is a MasterOfNone, not fitting the role of a recon vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, or a tank destroyer. However, the Bradley's actual function is that of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV): a vehicle that carries a squad of troops to the battlefield, and then sticks around and helps them out with a suite of weapons on par with those of a light tank. This isn't a concept that the designers cooked up just to pretend it had a job, either; the Soviet BMP-1 had pioneered that exact role since 1966, and a major reason for the Bradley's development was to give the US an answer to it.[[note]]The M3 Bradley is a cavalry fighting vehicle designed for use in reconnaisance, but considering that US armored cavalry units also employ main battle tanks, it is not too large for the role.[[/note]]
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter: A Congressman, asking Partridge about one of his "conversations" with Burton:
--> ''Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' "If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?"''
--> ''Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' "If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?"''
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter: NarrativeProfanityFilter:
** A Congressman, asking Partridge about one of his "conversations" withBurton:
--> ''DidBurton: ''"Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' "If 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?"''brains?'"''
** During a heated argument with Burton, Col. Bach says something along the lines of ''"...in the motherfucking head!"'' which Partridge reframes to the Committee as ''"unfortunate remarks [[YourMom about Col. Burton's mother]]."''
** A Congressman, asking Partridge about one of his "conversations" with
--> ''Did
** During a heated argument with Burton, Col. Bach says something along the lines of ''"...in the motherfucking head!"'' which Partridge reframes to the Committee as ''"unfortunate remarks [[YourMom about Col. Burton's mother]]."''
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--> "Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"
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--> "Did ''Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If "If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"brains?"''
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* GoshDangItToHeck: A Congressman, asking Partridge about one of his "conversations" with Burton:
--> "Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"
--> "Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter: A Congressman, asking Partridge about one of his "conversations" with Burton:
--> "Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"
--> "Did you or did you not confront Col. Burton outside the Pentagon pharmacy and say, ''(reading)'' 'If I hear one more word about your - expletive deleted - report, you're gonna be sitting on your brains?'"
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* HalfTruth: Technically, the Romanian anti-tank rocket ''was'' an enemy munition. But it's obviously crude and weak by the standards of munitions made by more serious threats such as the Soviet Union, which the test was obviously concerned with.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Technically, the Romanian anti-tank rocket ''was'' an enemy munition. But it's obviously crude and weak by the standards of munitions made by more serious threats such as the Soviet Union, which the test was obviously concerned with.
