Executive Intent

Dale Brown

Executive Intent

Book 16 in the Patrick McLanahan series, 2010

This novel is dedicated to my hardworking family,

who refuse to give in even during tough economic

and personal times.

Remember Always the Family.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

JOSEPH GARDNER, President of the United States

KENNETH PHOENIX, Vice President

WALTER KORDUS, White House Chief of Staff

STACY ANNE BARBEAU, Secretary of State

MARCUS COLBY, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

DAVID C. KEELEY, Deputy Secretary of State for Asia

DEBORAH A. CARLSON, Assistant Secretary of State for Chinese Affairs

CONRAD CARLYLE, President’s National Security Adviser

MILLER TURNER, Secretary of Defense

GERALD VISTA, Director of National Intelligence

SALAZAR “SAL” BANDERAS, Secretary of the Air Force

ANN PAGE, Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space

TIMOTHY DOBSON, Assistant Deputy Director for Strategic Program Research, Central Intelligence Agency

ANNETTE DOUGLASS, Assistant Deputy Secretary of State

GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

ADMIRAL BENJAMIN KELLY, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

GENERAL CHARLES HUFFMAN, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff

USN ADMIRAL RICHARD COWAN, Chief of Naval Operations

USAF GENERAL ROBERT WIEHL, Commander, U.S. Space Command and USAF Space Command

U.S. NAVY ADMIRAL SHERMAN HUDDY, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

U.S. ARMY GENERAL THOMAS GREENE, Commander, U.S. Africa Command

COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR FRANK NAUERT, NCOIC, U.S. Africa Command

U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICK MCLANAHAN (RET.)

BRIGADIER GENERAL KAI RAYDON, Commander, U.S. Space Defense Force, Armstrong Space Station

U.S. ARMY COLONEL ALAN CAMEROTA, Substitute Space-Station Commander

U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL GIA “BOXER” CAZZOTTO, Commander, 7th Expeditionary Bomb Wing, EB-1C Vampire-Bomber Aircraft Commander

WAYNE “WHACK” MACOMBER, “Tin Man” Commando and Cybernetic Infantry Device (CID) Pilot

U.S. ARMY RESERVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JASON RICHTER, Commander, U.S. Army Infantry Transformational Battlelab, Fort Polk, Louisiana; CID Engineer and Pilot

CHARLIE TURLOCK, CID Pilot

U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR ALAN “FRODO” FRIEL, EB-1C Vampire-Bomber Mission Commander

U.S. NAVY COMMANDER SCOTT BREAM, XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot

AIR FORCE MAJOR DANA COLWIN, XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot

MARINE CORPS MAJOR JESSICA “GONZO” FAULKNER, Spaceplane Pilot

U.S. AIR FORCE FIRST LIEUTENANT JEFFREY MCCALLUM, Spacecraft Electronics Technician

U.S. AIR FORCE SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT VALERIE “SEEKER” LUKAS, Senior Noncommissioned Officer of Armstrong Space Station

PETTY OFFICER PAUL MALKIN, Rescue Swimmer, USS Rourke

JONATHAN COLIN MASTERS, Chief Engineer, Sky Masters Inc.

HUNTER “BOOMER” NOBLE, Vice President of Engineering, Sky Masters Inc.; S-9 Black Stallion and XS-19 Midnight Spaceplane Pilot

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

ZHOU QIANG, Premier of the People’s Republic of China

TANG ZHAOXING, Minister of Foreign Affairs

ZUNG CHUNXIAN, Minister of National Defense

GENERAL HUA ZHILUN, Commander of 11th Strategic Rocket Forces, People’s Liberation Army Air Forces

LI JIANZHU, Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

IGOR TRUZNYEV, President of the Russian Federation

AIR FORCES GENERAL ANDREI DARZOV, Chief of Staff of the Russian Defense Forces

BORIS TARZOV, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations

PAKISTANIS

AMANULLAH MAZAR, President of Pakistan

INDIANS

SHANTOSH PAWAR, Prime Minister of India

BRAZILIANS

ERNESTO NASCIMENTO, Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations and Temporary Chairman of the U.N. Security Council

YEMENIS

SALAM AL-JUFRI, Employee of Yemeni Fish Company Limited

WEAPONS

AESA-Active Electronically Sca

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 unma

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 unma

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 Earth’s atmosphere

Orion-next-generation ma

RQ-4 Global Hawk-a large, long-range, high-altitude, long-endurance unma

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