As stated by Belton Dr. Strangelove deal with cold war comedy in a very black tone specifically the concept of nuclear war and the mutually assured destruction that comes with it. The central element of the films comedic antics comes from Kubrick making fun of how fucking ridiculous and frightening the concept of nuclear war is especially how within the US military system of the time the potential for unplanned war was quite high. This frightening observation becomes the plot of Dr Strangelove in which a general goes crazy and puts through an order for a nuclear strike unbenounced to the president or any higher ups leading to a humorous pantic in the United States war room between other generals the president himself and even the russian ambassador.
