Object

Kuhndu Targeting Computer

Military computer system locks onto friendly troops as hostile targets during an air-strike in Kuhndu, triggering deadly friendly fire that kills Gunnery Sergeant Harold Dokes. Josh, Donna, Congressmen Landis, Segal, and Simmel hear Leo and Toby cite its failure amid Roosevelt Room negotiations; Toby later confronts Congressman Richardson with the detail, converting technical error into political ammunition.

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Purpose

Identifies and designates targets for air-strikes

Significance

Its misidentification sparks backlash against bipartisan compromise, fuels Richardson's draft reinstatement threat, and forces West Wing damage control over military accountability

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

From Coffin to Compromise: Draft as Leverage

The Kuhndu targeting computer is cited by Toby as the technical cause: it 'popped their coordinates.' The computer's failure provides the factual core that makes the deaths verifiable and therefore politically combustible.

Before: Operational but implicated in a targeting failure that produced incorrect coordinates; its failure has already occurred in the field.

After: Framed as culpable evidence in the political argument; its malfunction informs immediate policy and accountability questions.

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