Rogue Justice

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Dmitry Volkov straightened his back beside the navigation table and questioned the definition of victory.

For the moment, survival sufficed.

“Any chance our weapon will hit?” he asked in Russian.

“Impossible,” the sonar operator said. “The Israeli torpedo has a better chance of hitting us than vice versa.”

“Very well,” Volkov said. “Our shot was reactive garbage, but I doubt the Israeli shot was much better aimed.”

“Not much. You’re on the proper course to evade, and eight knots is adequate to make it pass safely behind us.”

Volkov’s heart rate slowed.

“You’ve turned off our phantom noise?” he asked.

“Of course. I did so the moment I heard the hostile weapon.”

Volkov had hesitated to play the recorded propulsion sounds of an Egyptian Type-209 submarine from his Scorpène-class submarine’s sonar system, but his mission parameters demanded that he attempt to convince the Israeli Navy of increased Egyptian naval activity.

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