C1240 K9w7 Tar 124 25d Ja2 Tar Hit -

Then:

Solid lock.

The Ja2 tore out of the tube with a whip-crack, its booster burning orange before the main motor lit and it clawed for altitude. Top attack. The fatal arc. C1240 K9w7 Tar 124 25d Ja2 Tar Hit

Tar Hit.

They’d been hunting this one for three days. EW intercepts called it “Wraith.” Three of theirs gone in the valley below. Now K9w7 had the angle. Just enough defilade. Just enough time. Then: Solid lock

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For two seconds – nothing but motor whine and the thud of their own hearts.