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.