The Poseidon Crisis

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A Russian special-projects submarine called Belgorod, capable of hosting mini-subs, unmanned submersibles, and a revolutionary new strategic weapon, a monster nuclear-powered torpedo called Poseidon, a weapon with almost unlimited range, traveling faster than U.S. defenses, and carrying a nuclear warhead capable of destroying U.S. coastal cities. A North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-18, capable of hitting any point in the U.S., and carrying a nuclear warhead. 

Will the Russians use Poseidon only defensively as they have promised, or launch a limited preemptive strike against the U.S.? 

Will North Korea cooperate with Russia in pinpoint attacks on both the West and East coasts of the U.S.?

Will Anatoly Komarov, a sensitive Russian engineer with a family secret, and a grudge against his government, devise a plan to help the U.S.?

Can Paul Blake, the CIA’s brilliant physicist and reluctant hero, devise a plan to stop the Poseidon torpedo in time, without triggering a nuclear war?

Can the U.S. “Star Wars” missile defense system, with its kinetic energy interceptors operating above the earth’s atmosphere, stop the North Korean missile attack?