(SF novel) East of Nakba (71)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (68)

 

Chapter 26 US Military embarks on (4) Pentagon Directive (1/2)

The Pentagon could not understand the situation when they received an emergency call from Israel. Israel has asked the United States to help three jet fighters. They revealed two facts. The first one was that the refueling aircraft was shot down by Saudi Arabia. Therefore, three fighters were unable to return by themselves. As a result, they had to fly over the open sea of the Persian Gulf tentatively.  To rescue three Israeli pilots, the Pentagon thought that they should be guided near “Harry S. Truman”, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in the Persian Gulf.

 

But when Israel told the second fact, the Pentagon was embarrassed. Israel informed the Pentagon that either the 2nd or 3rd jet was flying with an unused small nuclear missile. The United States had not been informed that nuclear missiles might be used in this operation. Israel has deceived even the United States, most important ally, to achieve its goals. Only a little fuel was left on the jet equipped with nuclear missiles. They could continue to fly for only one hour or so. Finally, Israel hesitantly requested to rescue the pilot on the vanguard of the formation first. They explained that the pilot was the son of famous veteran.

 

 

(To be continued ----)

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)