CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
2:45 a.m.
The Situation Room, United States Naval Observatory – Washington, DC
“Communications are dropping everywhere,” an analyst said. “We’ve lost contact with Alaska missile defense.”
“Central Command in Florida is still reporting,” another voice said. “Predator drone program is becoming non-responsive. One by one, we are going blind across the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and the southern Arabian peninsula.”
A female voice: “Santee Cooper power grid throughout South Carolina and northern Georgia is down.”
“Fort Benning is non-responsive as of thirty seconds ago.”
One entire wall of the Situation Room was dominated by a line of young analysts and aides at laptops and on telephones, touching base with command centers across the country, reporting a litany of
