Chapter 37Despite the ventilation and air-conditioning systems humming away in the background, the PEOC smelled of perspiration, mixed with a healthy dose of tension. America's nuclear launch capability had been live for a little over an hour, and to no-one's surprise, it had shown no signs of malfunction or hacking.
President Hill was more certain than ever that the Dae Wonsu had lied, which made the task at hand even more critical. Since the call from North Korea, they'd offered up no further evidence to support their claims that their systems had been overridden and controlled by some unknown third party, other than the questionable video feed. The decisions which needed to be made now, regarding how best to deal with such an unprovoked and heinous act against humanity, could not be ma
