May 8, 1998
The remaining Soviet naval forces in the Indian Ocean that had survived the nuclear strikes on Maputo and the Seychelles are destroyed by the combined efforts of the US, Kenyan and South African Navies.
Unofficially,
RainbowSix reports that James (Lord Seymour of Marston), decorated Korean War hero and former Defense Minister and Foreign Secretary and an old friend of PM Douglas Montgomery, is visited at his home, where the PM asks him to return to Government service and take up the role of Foreign Secretary. Seymour agrees at once, joining the Government at Winchester.
Soviet forces along the Oder River line launch fierce artillery and mortar barrages, commencing after sunset. One of the units, the 20th (my 16th Guards) Tank Division adds its tanks' gunfire to the barrage, using inclined earthen ramps to add to their guns' elevation.
American and South African naval commands covering the South Atlantic coordinate as well, fixing the location from which the K-231 broadcast as well as the responding station. The overflight of the former location by a South African Boeing 707 reports nothing on the surface or vicinity, and the aircraft continues to the second location. Upon arrival in the vicinity of the fishing fleet, the South African aircraft is expectantly engaged by a SA-N-7 missile, which shoots it down, although not before it is able to relay the fleet's location to shore. The American cruiser is dispatched to the location, and thanks to its nuclear propulsion, it is able to travel at over 30 knots towards the Soviet fleet.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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