Rear Admiral Joseph DeMello, commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, signs for the two messages the radioman messenger hands him. He reads first the message sent him by Fleet Admiral Robert Smith. After reviewing the two top secret messages, he asks his staff, “What’s the status of the Kilo we’ve been dogging?”
“The Kilo’s on a slow run continuing towards Israel,” the operations officer replies.
“We’ve just received orders that the U.S. has moved to Condition Red. We are at war with the nation of Iran. Each military group will be receiving its orders. Our orders are to take out the Kilo. I want to do this without a great deal of fanfare. We don’t need to advertise that we have just gone to war. Do we have any boomers following the Kilo?”
“Sir, we have two LA-class boomers ahead of the Kilo at ten thousand yards,” the operations officer speaks up again. “We’ve been anticipating orders of this nature.”
“Instruct them to plot courses to take him out,” the fleet commander says with grim determination. “I want him totaled.”
“What about survivors, sir?”
“If you heard me correctly, you know there will be no survivors.”
“Yes, sir,” the operations officer said.
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