Authors: Dale Brown
This novel is dedicated to my hardworking family,
who refuse to give in even during tough economic
and personal times.
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Remember Always the Family.
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Kai Raydon expertly sailed acrossâ¦
“You have the mind of a twenty-year-old, the bod ofâ¦
The conference table in the office of the minister ofâ¦
The U.S. Navy had only one vessel within twenty milesâ¦
General Hua Zhilun picked up the phone himself. “Operations.”
Vice President Kenneth Phoenix, White House Chief of Staff Walterâ¦
President Joseph Gardner had his jacket off, his sleeves rolledâ¦
Although many past American vice presidents had an office inâ¦
“This is just freakin' unbelievable,” President Joseph Gardner said. Heâ¦
Whack waited until two A.M. before venturing outside via theâ¦
J
OSEPH
G
ARDNER,
President of the United States
K
ENNETH
P
HOENIX
, Vice President
W
ALTER
K
ORDUS,
White House Chief of Staff
S
TACY
A
NNE
B
ARBEAU,
Secretary of State
M
ARCUS
C
OLBY,
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
D
AVID
C. K
EELEY,
Deputy Secretary of State for Asia
D
EBORAH
A. C
ARLSON,
Assistant Secretary of State for Chinese Affairs
C
ONRAD
C
ARLYLE,
President's National Security Adviser
M
ILLER
T
URNER,
Secretary of Defense
G
ERALD
V
ISTA,
Director of National Intelligence
S
ALAZAR
“S
AL
” B
ANDERAS,
Secretary of the Air Force
A
NN
P
AGE,
Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space
T
IMOTHY
D
OBSON,
Assistant Deputy Director for Strategic Program Research, Central Intelligence Agency
A
NNETTE
D
OUGLASS,
Assistant Deputy Secretary of State
G
ENERAL
T
AYLOR
J. B
AIN,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
A
DMIRAL
B
ENJAMIN
K
ELLY,
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
G
ENERAL
C
HARLES
H
UFFMAN,
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff
USN A
DMIRAL
R
ICHARD
C
OWAN,
Chief of Naval Operations
USAF G
ENERAL
R
OBERT
W
IEHL,
Commander, U.S. Space Command and USAF Space Command
U.S. N
AVY
A
DMIRAL
S
HERMAN
H
UDDY,
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
U.S. A
RMY
G
ENERAL
T
HOMAS
G
REENE
, Commander, U.S. Africa Command
C
OMMAND
S
ERGEANT
M
AJOR
F
RANK
N
AUERT
, NCOIC, U.S. Africa Command
U.S. A
IR
F
ORCE
L
IEUTENANT
G
ENERAL
P
ATRICK
M
C
L
ANAHAN
(
RET
.)
B
RIGADIER
G
ENERAL
K
AI
R
AYDON,
Commander, U.S. Space Defense Force, Armstrong Space Station
U.S. A
RMY
C
OLONEL
A
LAN
C
AMEROTA,
Substitute Space-Station Commander
U.S. A
IR
F
ORCE
C
OLONEL
G
IA
“B
OXER
” C
AZZOTTO,
Commander, 7th Expeditionary Bomb Wing, EB-1C Vampire-Bomber Aircraft Commander
W
AYNE
“W
HACK
” M
ACOMBER,
“Tin Man” Commando and Cybernetic Infantry Device (CID) Pilot
U.S. A
RMY
R
ESERVE
L
IEUTENANT
C
OLONEL
J
ASON
R
ICHTER,
Commander, U.S. Army Infantry Transformational Battlelab, Fort Polk, Louisiana; CID Engineer and Pilot
C
HARLIE
T
URLOCK
, CID Pilot
U.S. A
IR
F
ORCE
M
AJOR
A
LAN
“F
RODO
” F
RIEL
, EB-1C Vampire-Bomber Mission Commander
U.S. N
AVY
C
OMMANDER
S
COTT
B
REAM,
XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot
A
IR
F
ORCE
M
AJOR
D
ANA
C
OLWIN,
XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot
M
ARINE
C
ORPS
M
AJOR
J
ESSICA
“G
ONZO
” F
AULKNER
, Spaceplane Pilot
U.S. A
IR
F
ORCE
F
IRST
L
IEUTENANT
J
EFFREY
M
C
C
ALLUM
, Spacecraft Electronics Technician
U.S. A
IR
F
ORCE
S
ENIOR
M
ASTER
S
ERGEANT
V
ALERIE
“S
EEKER
” L
UKAS
, Senior Noncommissioned Officer of Armstrong Space Station
P
ETTY
O
FFICER
P
AUL
M
ALKIN,
Rescue Swimmer, USS
Rourke
J
ONATHAN
C
OLIN
M
ASTERS,
Chief Engineer, Sky Masters Inc.
H
UNTER
“B
OOMER
” N
OBLE,
Vice President of Engineering, Sky Masters Inc.; S-9 Black Stallion and XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Z
HOU
Q
IANG,
Premier of the People's Republic of China
T
ANG
Z
HAOXING,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Z
UNG
C
HUNXIAN,
Minister of National Defense
G
ENERAL
H
UA
Z
HILUN,
Commander of 11th Strategic Rocket Forces, People's Liberation Army Air Forces
L
I
J
IANZHU,
Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
I
GOR
T
RUZNYEV,
President of the Russian Federation
A
IR
F
ORCES
G
ENERAL
A
NDREI
D
ARZOV,
Chief of Staff of the Russian Defense Forces
B
ORIS
T
ARZOV,
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations
PAKISTANIS
A
MANULLAH
M
AZAR,
President of Pakistan
INDIANS
S
HANTOSH
P
AWAR,
Prime Minister of India
BRAZILIANS
E
RNESTO
N
ASCIMENTO,
Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations and Temporary Chairman of the U.N. Security Council
YEMENIS
S
ALAM AL-
J
UFRI,
Employee of Yemeni Fish Company Limited
AESA
âActive Electronically Scanned Array, a radar system that uses pulsed radar beams instead of a mechanically moving antenna to search the sky
AIM-9 Sidewinder
âAmerican heat-seeking air-to-air missile
AIM-120 AMRAAM
âAmerican Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, radar-guided air-to-air missile
AL-52 Dragon
âa B-52 bomber modified to carry an antiballistic-missile laser
AN/FPS/79
âspace tracking radar
AN/SPY-1
âadvanced shipborne air and space control radar
APG-79
âfire control radar aboard the American F/A-18 Hornet fighter
AS-17 Krypton
âRussian hypersonic air-launched attack missile
AWACS
âAirborne Warning and Control System, an aircraft-based radar system used to track air and sea targets
BAMS
âBroad Area Maritime Surveillance, a U.S. Navy program to use long-range unmanned aircraft for surveillance near a naval battle group
C-802
âChinese ship-or shore-launched antiship or land-attack missile
COIL
âChlorine-Oxygen-Iodine Laser, a system that uses a chemical reaction to produce laser light
Dong Feng-21 (DF-21)
âChinese submarine-or land-based mobile surface-to-surface solid-fuel rocket
DSP
âDefense Support Program, a system of geosynchronous infrared satellites that detect missile launches on Earth
E-2C Hawkeye
âa carrier-based long-range surveillance radar aircraft
Evolved Sea Sparrow
âa ship-based antimissile defense system
FEL
âFree Electron Laser, a laser that produces laser light by moving electrons freely through a magnetic field
50N8 Graza
âRussian long-range surface-to-air missile
Grebe
âa submarine-launched unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
Jian Hong-37N
âChinese carrier-based interceptor and attack aircraft
Julang-1S
âChinese submarine-launched ballistic missile, based on the DF-21 ballistic missile
Ka-27
âRussian ship-based patrol and antisubmarine warfare helicopter
KT-3
âChinese land-based antisatellite missile based on the DF-21 ballistic missile
LADAR
âLaser Radar, a system that uses electronically steered laser energy to detect ground, air, and space targets
MiG-31 “Foxhound”
âRussian supersonic long-range interceptor aircraft
Mk 45
âAmerican standard shipborne five-inch gun
MQ-35 Condor
âAmerican air-launched commando insertion aircraft
netrusion
âinserting damaging or corrupt data into a computer network through digital sensors
OMV
âOrbital Maneuvering Vehicle, a device that can carry defensive or offensive weapons in space or through Earth's atmosphere
Orion
ânext-generation manned orbital and lunar spacecraft
RQ-4 Global Hawk
âa large, long-range, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
SA-N-9
âRussian advanced naval surface-to-air missile system
SBIRS
âSpace-Based Infrared System, American next-generation space-based missile launch detection and tracking system
SH-60 Seahawk
âAmerican ship-based patrol and antisubmarine warfare helicopter
SM-2 Standard
âAmerican ship-launched antiaircraft, antiballistic, and antisatellite missile
SPG-62 target illuminator
âAmerican ship-based radar that places a beam on an air target that surface-to-air missiles can home in on
Sukhoi-34 Fullback
âRussian advanced interceptor and attack aircraft
thirty-mike
âthirty millimeter
Tin Man
âAmerican infantryman who wears an advanced electronic protective armor system
TLAM
âTomahawk Land Attack Missile, American ship-or submarine-launched long-range attack cruise missile
Xia-class
âChinese ballistic-missile submarine
YAL-1 Airborne Laser
âAmerican antiballistic-missile laser aircraft, based on a Boeing 747 aircraft
Yantar-4K2
âObsolete Russian reconnaissance satellite