When reporter Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) and editor Jack Macleod (Bill Paterson) are discussing the article Mullen wrote about the bingo winner, Mullen can be seen writing on a notepad with the pen in his right hand. When he empties the remains of his coffee into the plant pot, he continues writing with the pen now in his left hand. Later scenes all show Mullen writing with his right hand.
While Nick is sitting at Vernon's desk the typewriter on the desk is flat (in normal typing position). The shot changes to a close-up of news articles Nick is holding in his hand and the next shot shows the typewriter flipped up on its back.
While details are secret, it is generally assumed that a nuclear weapon has to be 'armed' before it would explode.
It would be absurd to have bombs in an aircraft that would wipe out the entire airbase if an aircraft crashed on landing.
It would be absurd to have bombs in an aircraft that would wipe out the entire airbase if an aircraft crashed on landing.
Neither politicians nor military personnel would inform the media of the presence or otherwise of nuclear weapons on aircraft or ships.
Markham's wife's name is spelled "Trudy Markham" when a typist takes dictation from Nick over the phone and in the rolling credits. In a newspaper clipping that Mullen looks at, her name is spelled "Trudi" in the headline.
In Mullen's copy for his big story, he calls the aircraft an 'F1-11'. It's actually F-111.