Extreme Arsenal. Don Pendleton

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      “THE DRONES ARE INVISIBLE TO RADAR.”

      The Able Team leader’s jaw set firmly as he scanned the shadowy terrain ahead. “If they had stealth robot tanks, then they could build a stealth helicopter.”

      A red light buzzed on the control console. “We’re hot! Target radar lock!” the pilot announced as he wrenched the chopper hard right.

      Strapped in, Lyons felt the jerk like a dog on the end of a leash. Out of the darkness, he saw a flaming halo growing in intensity and following the helicopter’s thrashing movements.

      He knew exactly what the flaming halo was—the rocket exhaust of an antiaircraft missile, the lethal shaft of its warhead forming the black void in the center of a hellfire ring.

      Death shrieked at the men of Able Team on a jet of flame.

      Other titles in this series:

      #21 SATAN’S THRUST

      #22 SUNFLASH

      #23 THE PERISHING GAME

      #24 BIRD OF PREY

      #25 SKYLANCE

      #26 FLASHBACK

      #27 ASIAN STORM

      #28 BLOOD STAR

      #29 EYE OF THE RUBY

      #30 VIRTUAL PERIL

      #31 NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR

      #32 LAW OF LAST RESORT

      #33 PUNITIVE MEASURES

      #34 REPRISAL

      #35 MESSAGE TO AMERICA

      #36 STRANGLEHOLD

      #37 TRIPLE STRIKE

      #38 ENEMY WITHIN

      #39 BREACH OF TRUST

      #40 BETRAYAL

      #41 SILENT INVADER

      #42 EDGE OF NIGHT

      #43 ZERO HOUR

      #44 THIRST FOR POWER

      #45 STAR VENTURE

      #46 HOSTILE INSTINCT

      #47 COMMAND FORCE

      #48 CONFLICT IMPERATIVE

      #49 DRAGON FIRE

      #50 JUDGMENT IN BLOOD

      #51 DOOMSDAY DIRECTIVE

      #52 TACTICAL RESPONSE

      #53 COUNTDOWN TO TERROR

      #54 VECTOR THREE

      #55 EXTREME MEASURES

      #56 STATE OF AGGRESSION

      #57 SKY KILLERS

      #58 CONDITION HOSTILE

      #59 PRELUDE TO WAR

      #60 DEFENSIVE ACTION

      #61 ROGUE STATE

      #62 DEEP RAMPAGE

      #63 FREEDOM WATCH

      #64 ROOTS OF TERROR

      #65 THE THIRD PROTOCOL

      #66 AXIS OF CONFLICT

      #67 ECHOES OF WAR

      #68 OUTBREAK

      #69 DAY OF DECISION

      #70 RAMROD INTERCEPT

      #71 TERMS OF CONTROL

      #72 ROLLING THUNDER

      #73 COLD OBJECTIVE

      #74 THE CHAMELEON FACTOR

      #75 SILENT ARSENAL

      #76 GATHERING STORM

      #77 FULL BLAST

      #78 MAELSTROM

      #79 PROMISE TO DEFEND

      #80 DOOMSDAY CONQUEST

      #81 SKY HAMMER

      #82 VANISHING POINT

      #83 DOOM PROPHECY

      #84 SENSOR SWEEP

      #85 HELL DAWN

      #86 OCEANS OF FIRE

      Extreme Arsenal

      STONY MAN ®

      AMERICA’S ULTRA-COVERT INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

      Don Pendleton

      To Sam, for teaching our troops in Iraq and saving lives in Thailand after the tsunami. Some people might believe that God sends disasters to destroy the world, but He doesn’t. He sends good men and heroes like you. Come home safely, my friend.

      CONTENTS

       PROLOGUE

       CHAPTER ONE

       CHAPTER TWO

       CHAPTER THREE

       CHAPTER FOUR

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       CHAPTER TWELVE

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

       CHAPTER NINETEEN

       EPILOGUE

      PROLOGUE

      Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona

      Dane Whitman watched the MidKnight Mark II armored combat drone roll across the Yuma proving grounds. He glanced over at General Stephen Rogers and smiled.

      “How’s she