(SF novel) East of Nakba (70)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (67)

 

Chapter 25 US Military embarks on (3) Diplomacy between US and Saudi Arabia (3/3)

 

 

On the day of the bombing of Natanz nuclear facilities by Israel corps, the local operation center of US Central Command in Doha, Qatar gathered all kind of information. They covered the military reconnaissance satellite, AWACS, and "Harry S. Truman", the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in the Persian Gulf. It was confirmed in the early morning that three jet fighters took off from an Israeli air force base. Shortly thereafter, one large aircraft and two fighters took off from the same base, too. The first three jets invaded Iran after passing over the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. They bombed Natanz nuclear facilities, drove away the chaser and fled out of Iranian airspace. it was exactly the scenario that the Pentagon was heard from Washington. Up to that point……….

 

But the situation thereafter had changed beyond their expectation. A large aircraft and two fighters, which took off Israeli air base later, dissolved their formation and began to stray respectively. Suddenly a large aircraft disappeared from the radar. A few minutes later, the three fighter jets appeared in the radar from east. They were flying over the Persian Gulf towards the Strait of Hormuz whereas they had to return to Israel. The local operation center at Al Udeid Air Force Base was confused.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)