Air Force Lt. Col. John Burton was assigned to evaluate the usefulness of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, an Army troop carrier/scout vehicle that, in its final redesign, was effectively a deathtrap for its occupants. Burton keeps trying to execute a proper live-fire armor test on it but is constantly subverted by his temporary commanding officer, Army Maj. Gen. Partridge, in order to get it under construction and in the field.

Major General Partridge:
I'm not going to sit here and tell you the Paveway never missed.


Madame Chairwoman:
It missed by a mean distance of five miles, and nearly fifty percent of the time.


Major General Partridge:
You know, in baseball, a guy that hits .400 is considered pretty damned great.


Congressman #1:
In baseball, the losing team isn't killed by their opponents.

Anachronisms: Scenes in the film which could only have taken place during the period spanning the late 1960s through the '70s featured computer equipment that was developed no earlier than the mid-to-late '80s.

Written by Samuel A. Ward and Katherine Bates
Performed by the St. John's Cathedral Boys and Girls Choir; Donald Pearson, Conductor