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“Twenty-eight seconds It’s locked on Second missile away”

The tiltrotor was flying barely above the waves, but that hadn’t fooled the F-16’s electronics Gomez was an exceptional pilot, but even he couldn’t avoid an air to air missile

“Target that on as possible See if he can hover behind the ship”

Hali and Linda both said “Aye” simultaneously

Although the LaWS had a range of only three e was its pinpoint accuracy That was, of course, if it worked at all

The tiltrotor was still a on’s shadow before the missile impact

“We’ll have about four seconds froet,” Linda said

“Do you have a lock on the first missile?”

“Locked and tracking I have a firing solution”

She didn’t have to tell Juan what he already knehich was that the laser would begin firing as soon as thethe warhead until it exploded

“Put the missile on-screen,” Juan said

While half of the screen kept focus on the tiltrotor, the other half switched to a view of the sky A pinpoint of light from the first missile’s rocket motor was visible in the distance The F-16s were still too far away to see

“Ten ”

She counted down “FivefourthreetwooneLaser firing”

Nothing changed in the view of the weapon itself There was no glea out like a movie special effect The system’s operation was coht’s beam Today was clear