Kill Zone

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Some technical and operational details in this novel have been purposely altered for National Security reasons.

Kill Zone: the area centered on the point of a nuclear explosion, which guarantees total destruction of human life

Though the airport wasn’t the nearest one to the target, it was close to New York City. And more importantly, it had a privately owned Daher TBM 930 aircraft available, no questions asked.

He’d paid two thousand dollars cash to rent the fast plane dry — unfueled — which allowed him to load the minimum amount of gas. That way he could take off with three-quarters of a ton of payload. He wouldn’t have to fly far, only thirty miles, and he’d chosen the single-engine Daher for its speed, up to 380 miles an hour.

By his calculations, he should be able to achieve more than 500 mph when he came straight in at a dive. At that speed, carrying 7,400 pounds max weight, he’d easily punch through the containment building’s roof.

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