BATTLE MOUNTAIN AID RESERVE BASE
"SA-17 target -detection radar, twelve o'clock ,fifty miles no problem ,well below detection threshold .....oh,wow , a new comer ,SA-12 survelliance radar , one o'clock , eighty-miles," the reconnaissance technician reported .The guy looked all of nineteen years old and sounded even younger .
He could've been commenting on the appearance of aliens in a video game -he was neither excited nor surprised just gleefully energized ."SA-12 datalink signals being transmitted ....... still not locked on ,but he knows we're out here.
He ----wait, radar's down .He shut it off in a big hurry."
"well ,well --the Russkies sneaked an SA-12 into the the-ater,"Major General McLanahan remarked.He was accustomed to the youthfulm expression and seemingly laid-back style of his soldier, and he tried not to impart his own "red alert" mentality on them .The fourty seven year old two star Air office general type in command on his computer terminal ,calling up any additional information on this new contact ."possibly a full SA-12 battery ----six transporter erector -launchers plus five loader --launcher tied into a surveilliance radar vehicle ,sector -scanning radar vehicle , and command post .He's pretty far outside Ashkhabad-its obviously not intended to protect Russian force in the capital .It's a clear violation ."
