This novel is dedicated to my hardworking family,
who refuse to give in even during tough economic
and personal times.
Remember Always the Family.
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, Presidents 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
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Z HOU Q IANG, Premier of the Peoples 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, Peoples 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 Active Electronically Scanned Array, a radar system that uses pulsed radar beams instead of a mechanically moving antenna to search the sky
AIM-9 Sidewinder American heat-seeking air-to-air missile
AIM-120 AMRAAM American Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, radar-guided air-to-air missile
AL-52 Dragon a B-52 bomber modified to carry an antiballistic-missile laser
AN/FPS/79 space tracking radar
AN/SPY-1 advanced shipborne air and space control radar
APG-79 fire control radar aboard the American F/A-18 Hornet fighter
AS-17 Krypton Russian hypersonic air-launched attack missile
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System, an aircraft-based radar system used to track air and sea targets
BAMS Broad Area Maritime Surveillance, a U.S. Navy program to use long-range unmanned aircraft for surveillance near a naval battle group
C-802 Chinese ship-or shore-launched antiship or land-attack missile
COIL Chlorine-Oxygen-Iodine Laser, a system that uses a chemical reaction to produce laser light
Dong Feng-21 (DF-21) Chinese submarine-or land-based mobile surface-to-surface solid-fuel rocket
DSP Defense Support Program, a system of geosynchronous infrared satellites that detect missile launches on Earth
E-2C Hawkeye a carrier-based long-range surveillance radar aircraft
Evolved Sea Sparrow a ship-based antimissile defense system
FEL Free Electron Laser, a laser that produces laser light by moving electrons freely through a magnetic field
50N8 Graza Russian long-range surface-to-air missile
Grebe a submarine-launched unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
Jian Hong-37N Chinese carrier-based interceptor and attack aircraft
Julang-1S Chinese submarine-launched ballistic missile, based on the DF-21 ballistic missile
Ka-27 Russian ship-based patrol and antisubmarine warfare helicopter
KT-3 Chinese land-based antisatellite missile based on the DF-21 ballistic missile
LADAR Laser Radar, a system that uses electronically steered laser energy to detect ground, air, and space targets
MiG-31 Foxhound Russian supersonic long-range interceptor aircraft
Mk 45 American standard shipborne five-inch gun
MQ-35 Condor American air-launched commando insertion aircraft
netrusion inserting damaging or corrupt data into a computer network through digital sensors
OMV Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle, a device that can carry defensive or offensive weapons in space or through Earths atmosphere
Orion next-generation manned orbital and lunar spacecraft
RQ-4 Global Hawk a large, long-range, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
SA-N-9 Russian advanced naval surface-to-air missile system
SBIRS Space-Based Infrared System, American next-generation space-based missile launch detection and tracking system
SH-60 Seahawk American ship-based patrol and antisubmarine warfare helicopter
SM-2 Standard American ship-launched antiaircraft, antiballistic, and antisatellite missile
SPG-62 target illuminator American ship-based radar that places a beam on an air target that surface-to-air missiles can home in on
Sukhoi-34 Fullback Russian advanced interceptor and attack aircraft
thirty-mike thirty millimeter
Tin Man American infantryman who wears an advanced electronic protective armor system
TLAM Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, American ship-or submarine-launched long-range attack cruise missile
Xia-class Chinese ballistic-missile submarine
YAL-1 Airborne Laser American antiballistic-missile laser aircraft, based on a Boeing 747 aircraft
Yantar-4K2 Obsolete Russian reconnaissance satellite
ACU Army Combat Uniform, new designation of American battle uniform
ADS Active Defensive System, American aircraft laser system that defeats enemy antiaircraft missiles with bursts of laser energy
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