Possibly Noted before, but worth mentioning…

Q: "Alice", "looking glass"…

Movie: "By Dawn's Early Light" - 1990

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president (Martin Landau) feverishly works to keep the militar…

Looking Glass - refers to the SAC Airborne E-4 and its technology

Alice - refers to the command aboard the E-4