E-3A –
See AWACS.

EAGLE CLAW –
The failed Iran hostage rescue mission led by Colonel Charlie Beckwith. EAGLE CLAW failed for several reasons. We should remember that 5 Air Force personnel and 3 Marines lost their lives. In my opinion, EAGLE CLAW was the wrong mission for the wrong time. I believe President Carter did not have the will to employ appropriate American force (which was available: 4 carrier battle groups and 1 Marine division) in the face naked aggression.

EAGLE STRIKE –
This is a fictional operation designed to decapitate the Iranian leadership and timed to coincide with EAGLE CLAW.

East Sea Fleet –
PLAN fleet tasked with Taiwan Strait and East China Sea.

HQ: Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Major bases: Shanghai, Zhoushan, Fujian.

ECHELON –
This is the NSA’s global espionage system. The most likely partners in this venture are Great Britain and Australia. ECHELON allegedly can capture every secured or unsecured electronic transmission above ground. In Clear and Present Danger the bad guys were detected because they relied on their cell phones. The technology Tom Clancy referred to is similar to ECHELON.

EL DORADO CANYON –
On April 16, 1986, strike aircraft from America and Coral Sea battle groups, and F-111 fighter-bombers based in England attacked Libya. President Ronald Reagan order the strike in response to several incidents involving the Sixth Fleet and the right of passage through the Gulf of Sidra, and the bombing at a German Discotheque that injured 200 people, including 63 American soldiers. There were fatalities, including 1 American soldier. This attack beat Gaddafi back into the sand pile he calls home, and lest we forget, the French once again showed their contempt for American justice by refusing over-flight for the F-111s based in England.

ELN –
National Liberation Army (see FARC).

Enfield –
This is the venerable magazine fed, metal cartridge British rifle. These things are still around—a testament to their craftsmanship.

ESBA –
Dhekelia Garrison is situated within the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA), one of two British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, enshrined in the Treaty of Establishment between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus in 1960. Dhekelia itself is on the Northern shore of the wide sweeping Larnaca Bay and is situated some 15 km North East of the important coastal town of Larnaca and 20 km West of Ayia Napa, the premier tourist resort for the club music scene in the Eastern Mediterranean. Within the Eastern Sovereign Base Area there are two British Military sites at Ayios Nikolaos and Dhekelia, the latter being known as a “cantonment”. It consists of some 7 sq km and is home to the Headquarters of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area, a Resident Infantry Battalion, an Engineer Squadron, a Helicopter Flight and various Logistic Units, as well as UK based civilians and dependents, making a total British population of just over 2,000 people.

Exocet ­–
A stand-off missile designed to attack high value naval targets. This is the missile that nailed the HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War, and the missile that hit the USS Stark in the Gulf.

Range: 50 kilometers

Speed: 0.93 Mach

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