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Welcome to DouglasDeBono.Com, the Cyberspace Home of
author Douglas De Bono.

Mr. DeBono seamlessly blends history and fiction with the deft precision of a literary surgeon. His knowledge of special forces, intelligence agencies, political corruption and the tradecraft of espionage are unrivaled in the literary world.
--Jim Clonts, Author Of MIG Drivers

I was glued to my cozy chair during the entire story! I enjoyed the characters and found both the dialogue and the plot of this fantastic story a real edge of your seat kind of read from cover-to-cover! (A Highly Recommended Novel!)
--Victoria Taylor Murray, Author Of Friendly Enemies/Le Fin

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KA-29 –
Combat/transport helicopter designed to provide for amphibious assault and the delivery of precision-guided munitions. NATO designation: HELIX-B.

Speed: 205 kph.
Range: 432 nautical miles
Payload: 800 kilograms

KAL 007 –
On September 1, 1983, Soviet Forces shot down Korean Airlines flight 007 when it over-flew Sakalin Islands Air Defense Base on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Soviet/American relations went into the deep freeze as the death toll reached 269 people, including an American Congressman. The Soviets claimed they were defending themselves against an offensive 747 (go figure).

Katyusha –
See BM-21

KGB -
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (KGB - Committee for State Security) was the Soviet Unions intelligence service for the bulk of the Cold War.

Kfir –
The F-21 Kfir is based on the French Mirage 5 fighter. The Israelis designed it after the French (there they go again) reneged on an arms deal to sell Mirage 5. Evidently, the early engines were not up to the task, because the Kfir had a tendency to stall when firing a missile.

Range: 1,300 kilometers
Speed: 1,516 mph
Armament:

2 x 30mm cannon
AGM-65 Mavericks
Cluster bombs
Laser guided bombs
Free fall bombs
Napalm

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