Re:clocks
Well, since he called on the phone and the person almost immediately started the countdown, with the "missile" not showing up when expected a few seconds later, it had to be 31 minutes later.
Although listening to the countdown it sounded like the ship wasn't that far away. What was the first distance mentioned? 35km or something like that?
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