# Movie id?: Using nukes to destroy incoming asteroid/meteor

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**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135 "2018-05-14T14:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135/1 "2018-05-14T14:44:25Z")

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I just remember the ending, where, of course, Earth is spared. I think they were using nukes, but I could be wrong. After the rockets hit the object, at first it shows now effect, but then starts slowly altering course. Had an Irwin Allen feel to it, but I don’t see anything obvious in his filmography. I seem to recall at the time it was made for TV.

1970s, I think.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135/2 "2018-05-14T14:54:33Z")

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Sounds a bit like [Meteor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(film)) from 1979, with Sean Connery, Natalia Wood and a pretty good supporting cast including Karl Malden, Martin Landau and Henry Fonda.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135/3 "2018-05-14T15:48:49Z")

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Could be. Not that big a stretch from made for TV to AI. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135/4 "2018-05-20T01:51:15Z")

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Surely you don’t mean Armageddon, thinking 70’s and all.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135/5 "2018-05-20T05:10:09Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> Could be. Not that big a stretch from made for TV to AI. Thanks.

Who’s Al?