Counterspace
Subtitle: the next hours of World War III
By: William B. Scott, Michael J. Coumatos, and William J. Birnes.
Contributors: Coumatos, Michael J.; Birnes, William J.
Edition: 1st hardcover ed.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780765322326
Subjects: Satellites -- Fiction; International relations -- Fiction; War games -- Fiction; World War III -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: What if North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon in space and silenced dozens of satellites? What if an Iranian missile threatened to destroy Israel, while a Venezuelan research satellite endangered one of the USs most promising space initiatives?What if tech-savvy terrorist cells unleashed back-to-back horrors in California, creating an avalanche of crises overnight, as national leaders robbed of spy satellite imagery were forced to make decisions in the blind?These are the scenarios of Counterspace, a frighteningly plausible look at threats to the United States and the world. Scott, Coumatos, and Birnes use war gaming scenarios to show how the US Strategic Command might choose to fight off these menaces and prevent global disaster. Combining current and future technology with our enemies grandest plans, Counterspace is equally a terrifying possibility and a hopeful affirmation that America can and will be ready to face such dangers, told with the pulse-pounding power of a modern day thriller.
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."