While it could be error, consider the battle behind the scenes over hacking and control of all the war systems, as well as the growing communist infiltration of our armed forces, lastly adding what we know of controlled people (monarch, et al). I entertain the possibility that this is not the first time that rogue elements have had to be neutralized before they initiated something terrible.

Also recently I read that the British pilot who showed that German bombing zeppelins weren't invincible, by flying above them and bombing from above, died suddenly only a few days later WHEN HIS PLANE DISINTEGRATED IN MIDAIR. Modern me says, possible but not freaking likely.