The fatal decision to launch the nuclear missiles at the United States is given. Nearly 1100 Soviet ICBM's in staggered waves are on their way. 20:45 pm: NORAD launch detection satellites report the incoming 1100 ICBM's from the Soviet Union. It is apparently, to them, a Soviet FIRST-strike and President Reagan is immediately awakened and rushed to "Marine-1", to be evacuated to the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch "National Airborne Command Post" permanently standing by. He arrives twenty minutes later and the aircraft takes off at about 1:09am - GMT - 21:09 EDT