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 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 Earth’s 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
ACRONYMS AND TERMINOLOGY
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