Able One Author:Ben Bova Able One is a timely thrill-ride by Ben Bova, one of science fiction?s most respected novelists. — When a rogue North Korean faction explodes a nuclear missile in space, the resulting shockwave destroys the world?s satellites. Global communication is thrown into chaos, and entire economies are crippled. United States military satellites, designed... more » to withstand such an assault, relay a horrifying image?two more nuclear missiles are sitting on the launch pad in North Korea, ready to be deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear attack, the United States has only one possible defense: Able One.
ABL-1, or Able One, is a modified 747 fitted with a high-powered laser able to knock out missiles in flight. But both the laser?s technology and the jet?s crew are untested. What was originally to be a training flight with a skeleton crew turns into a desperate race to destroy the two remaining nukes. Will Able One?s experimental technology be enough to prevent World War III?especially when it becomes clear that a saboteur is onboard? « less