Commercial airplanes are being shot out of the sky, the public is panicked, the air controllers are on strike, the stock market is tumbling, goods and services ordinarily sent by air are on the ground and stopped; everyone is looking to the harassed government to protect the airports and the sky and capture the terrorists responsible.
No one has a clue as to who or how. The missiles can not be seen or detected by radar and existing anti missile systems are not effective and no one claims responsibility. All cabinet positions in the administration are at work trying to figure out what country is behind the acts and why.
The government calls in a woman who is the acknowledged expert in missile defense to see if she can develop something.
I was impressed by the authors background and experience and her knowledge of how the White House works. After all, she was a senior director of the National Security Council during the Reagan Administration when missile defense systems were on the top burner. This was a pretty good story the "good guys" stayed in the forefront; actually, we learned very little about the "terrorists" and their motive while supposedly world threatening was never made very clear. Some interesting technical jargon and a few tense and dangerous situations but the final solution to the basic problem was almost too simple. Rainy day diversion
No one has a clue as to who or how. The missiles can not be seen or detected by radar and existing anti missile systems are not effective and no one claims responsibility. All cabinet positions in the administration are at work trying to figure out what country is behind the acts and why.
The government calls in a woman who is the acknowledged expert in missile defense to see if she can develop something.
I was impressed by the authors background and experience and her knowledge of how the White House works. After all, she was a senior director of the National Security Council during the Reagan Administration when missile defense systems were on the top burner. This was a pretty good story the "good guys" stayed in the forefront; actually, we learned very little about the "terrorists" and their motive while supposedly world threatening was never made very clear. Some interesting technical jargon and a few tense and dangerous situations but the final solution to the basic problem was almost too simple. Rainy day diversion
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