 Thomas Yeggy goes for a full and complete crisis immersion in the methodical science and political book Mushroom Cloud.
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Mushroom Cloud by Thomas Yeggy is the most delicious form of literary red meat for those who cannot get enough serious fiction to read in the military, science, and history genres.
As I stated in the preface to Book I in 1945 only one man, President Truman could push the button or make the decision to use nuclear weapons in combat. Now that decision rests with thousands of individuals worldwide and is growing.
 It gives you a fascinating glimpse into one of the most significant periods of the post-world war II Era. Highly recommended.In June of 2019, the Iranians using a Khordad SAM shot down a US RQ-4 drone over the Straits of Hormuz. While the US drones can carry AGM-114 Hellfire air to ground, and several different variants of AIM-92 air to air missiles, the SU-27 carries significantly longer range Vympel R-27 and R-73 air to air missiles. The US cannot take out the aggressive Russian fighters because, even though they are within range during the harassment, the next time the Russian planes will merely stay outside the drone's range and shoot it down. The drone was downed on 3-14-2023 local time.
If the United States and China were to face off in the South China Sea, it would be vitally important to US success to take out the Chinese version of our AWACS known as the Shaanxi KJ-500. To do that, the Raptor would have to slip behind a forward screen of J-20 and soon-to-be J-31 fifth-generation stealth fighters.
In Book III of the First Strike Series, Armageddon, the US ABM system must deal with the Chinese DF-17 FOBS HGV weapon. The Chinese started to develop the Fractional Orbit Bombardment System arming it with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle in response to G.W Bush's decision to pull out of the 1979 SALT treaty, The DF-17 launches the HGV into a low earth orbit about 150 miles above the surface of the earth and the uses it hypersonic rockets to target the reentry point and target.
Our ozone layer is made up of tons of O3 molecules bound together to protect us from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Without our ozone layer, life on Earth would be impossible. Here is a sneak preview of what happens if Earth’s atmosphere were suddenly inundated by smoke and debris from an earthquake, a volcano, or a nuclear war—even if we “won.” Our history shows that we have had multiple major volcanic eruptions that have led to several “dark” periods where sunlight had trouble reaching Earth. But the difference between that and the smoke a nuclear war injects into the atmosphere is chemically different. That’s why a nuclear war is much more harmful to the ozone layer.
Caleb Young, an Einstein-educated physicist and chief science officer for the CIA, is introduced to William Forde at the DOJ building at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue in early December 1963. Nicholas Katzenbach has appointed Forde to do a deep dive into what Caleb knows about secret CIA ops and the Kennedy assassination. He thinks Caleb has passed secrets about US subs to the Soviets when he was at several Pugwash Peace Conferences.
Armageddon, Book III of the First Strike series, covers a theoretical war between China and the United States. It takes place in 2028 after North Korea launches an attack on the US from a 092 sub they acquired from China.
The headquarters for the US ABM system is in Colorado Springs, CO. That’s where intercepts of ballistic and hyper-glide missiles by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would be attempted. The US has several ballistic phase intercept weapons that are secretly located in Mongolia. |
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