Continuity: In the first War Room scene, when George C. Scott outlines the situation and his "six points," the folders in front of him move around; they're in a different position in each angle.

Other: When Maj. Bat Guano shoots the Coke machine and it squirts him in the face, he's holding his head too high. You can clearly see that he first gets the spray on the chin and then he ducks down to take it full in the face.

Continuity: Throughout the movie the outside shots of the B 52 show a shadow on the ground. That shadow isn't of a B 52 jet bomber but that of a B 17 WWII prop. It isn't a B 29 either, for the cord of the B 29 wing is thinner than a B 17s; Also, the wings and fuselage are much longer.

Continuity: In the scene where Mandrake and Ripper are in the latter's office and he is firing out of the window, Mandrake holds a chair in front of him for protection. In the next shot from behind them, the chair is nowhere near him.

Revealing: In the sequences where Mandrake and Ripper are under attack by the US Army, we see exterior battle sequences in front of the base. However, no matter how many bullets are fired at the building, all the windows remain intact.

Continuity: Just before Ripper kills himself, the cigar's shadow across his face indicates bright lights at the back of his office, away from the windows. When Ripper and Mandrake are seen standing together, bright lights are coming from the other direction. The direction of the shadows alternates between the close-ups and the wide shots.

Continuity: During Dr. Strangelove's last delivery in the war room the Russian ambassador is standing next to his wheelchair, looking straight and grim. Strangelove develops some rather macho ideas about the ratio of women and men in the mine shafts after, and the ambassador turns to him and says with a smile, "You have an astonishingly good idea." but when the camera angle changes he is looking as straight and grim as before.

Factual error: When Major Kong is riding the bomb down like a horse, there is absolutely no wind whatsoever. Not only do we not hear it, but we can also not see any wind effects on Major Kong, as he can be heard to yell and holler quite clearly, and he is waving his hat like there is no danger of it blowing out of his hand.

Revealing: Matte lines are visible on Major Kong as he falls through the bomb doors.

Continuity: When the B52 is attacked by a missile, the DSO orders "Commence evasive action right". In the next shot the plane is turning left. Despite all the turning, the course of the missile on the radar screen remains straight, while the heading of the missile should change as seen from the turning plane.

Other: The title sequence reads, "Base on the novel Red Alert" instead of "Based on the novel Red Alert"

Factual error: After the B-52 has been hit by the missile it's supposed to leak fuel at a rather high rate. Such a leak would cause a visible trail, however, we only see some black smoke right after the hit which disappears after the fires are extinguished.

Revealing: A string is visible on the left wing of the bomber in one of the shots right before it drops the bomb.