Kittridge asserts that the Kremlin bombing in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) was intended specifically to kill Ethan. That is incorrect — the explosion was orchestrated to ensure the Russians would be slow to realise that a nuclear device had been taken.
As lights are switched back on across the globe, it is night-time in both the eastern and western hemispheres at once.
Pilots' and aircrew parachutes are not fitted with a reserve parachute.
Missiles displayed in silos are shown bearing the flags of several nations. Neither France nor the United Kingdom has silo-based nuclear missiles.
Whilst at DEFCON 1 the Lady President contacts US Strategic Command. In fact, when DEFCON 1 indicates that nuclear war is imminent, the US STRATCOM Commander would be just one of many advisers gathered around the President, offering counsel on whether she should authorise the use (or abstention) of weapons of mass destruction.
The blaze at the SOSUS station spreads far more quickly than it would in real life. It strongly suggests an accelerant was used during filming.
