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“They blew it up.”
“They nearly blew us up with it,” Miranda could hear Mike call out in the background of Holly’s call.
“Blew it up?”
General Nason jolted at her words and she switched her phone to speaker since he was, by whatever method, now cleared for this investigation.
“They sent in an F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, supersonic, which was kind of cool, and blew the s**t out of it. Based on the pressure shock wave around one psi that tumbled our helo, it was probably a pair of GBU-12 Paveway IIs, corroborated by the accuracy with which they struck. At least a thousand pounds of combined explosive and definitely guided in.”
The general looked at her in puzzlement. “Hit what?”
“Our bleeding wreck. Weren’t you paying attention? First Mike almost pissing himself because—”
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