Every minute of every hour of every day, there are American Bombers in
the air, loaded with nuclear weapons, ready to fly into action at the
mere spark of the right radio sign al.These are the planes of the
Strategic Air Command. What happens once that signal flashes is
described vividly in this tensely dramatic novel. The command came to
the men of the 843rd Wing, high in the air near the Russian border.
Asking no questions, obeying their standing orders, they headed straight
towards their assigned targets. Had America already been attacked?Or was
it the action of a single determined general, and unauthorized by the
pentagon and the president? RED ALERT is the story of the two tensest
hours in human history.