Episode 5
Both the East and the West fail in their attempts to limit the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
Tha an dà chuid an Àrd an Ear agus an Àrd an Iar a’ fà illigeadh bacadh a chur air a’ chunnart a dh’ fhaodadh buill-airm niùclasach adhbharachadh. Tha na Stà itean Aonaichte a’ togail lìonra mhòr de bhuill-airm niuclasach fon deigh, ag ullachadh airson ionnsaigh Sobhieteach le planaichean na mìltean de bhuill-airm a leagail.
Tha an t-Aonadh Sobhieteach ag à rdachadh gnìomhan airm-thilgidh air Rubha Kola. Tha an còigeamh prògram de Sgeulachd Cogaidh na h-Artaig – An Cogadh Fuar a’ leantainn mar a tha còmhstri a’ chumhachd mhòir ag adhbharachadh sgrios anns an à rainneachd Artaigeach agus a’ ciallachadh gu bheil daoine a’ call am beatha ann am fà nas. Tha cuideam air an Fhionnlainn a thaobh co-obrachadh armailteach agus tha dreuchd a’ Chinn-suidhe Kekkonen air a’ cheasnachadh thall thairis. Tha Nirribhidh a’ feuchainn ris a’ chà irdeas a th’ aca a ris an Aonadh Sobhieteach a tha fo chuideam a neartachadh.
Both the East and the West fail in their attempts to limit the threat posed by nuclear weapons. The United States builds an extensive network of nuclear weapons under the ice, preparing for a Soviet attack with plans to drop thousands of nuclear weapons.
The Soviet Union increases its missile activities on the Kola Peninsula. This episode follows how the superpower rivalry causes destruction in the Arctic environment and claims human lives in space. Finland is pressured into military cooperation, and President Kekkonen's role is questioned abroad. Norway tries to improve its strained relations with the Soviet Union.
Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles.