Ralph Peters - The War After Armageddon

T

TC:Tank Commander. Now used for the on-board commander of any combat vehicle.

U

UAV:Unmanned aerial vehicle, a pilotless aircraft that, in different configurations, can perform any air mission. Known colloquially, though inaccurately, as a “drone.”

USG:United States Government.

V

VAMPIRE ATGM:Generic term for an antitank guided missile that, once launched, can identify and strike its own targets. An evolution of older, primitive fire-and-forget systems.

W

WSO:Weapons systems officer. The “back-seater” in a fighter aircraft with a two-man crew.

X

XO:1.) The executive officer, usually of a battalion; 2.) pretty good cognac.

Z

Z DIAGRAM:An old-fashioned, formal calculation for a bombing run, projecting the most advantageous altitudes for the attack profile, point of release for bombs, and the post-detonation fragmentation pattern (which the pilot needs to avoid).

NUMBERS:

155:155mm artillery piece, self-propelled or towed. The backbone of the Field Artillery.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE WAR AFTER ARMAGEDDON

Copyright © 2009 by Ralph Peters

All rights reserved.

Map by Jackie Aher

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Peters, Ralph, 1952–

The war after armageddon / Ralph Peters. — 1st hardcover ed.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

ISBN 978-0-7653-2355-2

1. Soldiers—Fiction. 2. Religious fiction. 3. Political fiction. I. Title.

PS3566.E7559W36 2009

813'.54—dc22

2009016628

First Edition: September 2009

Printed in the United States of America

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