When news of the incident spread back to Russia, the people were very excited. This is Russia, and this is the way a fighting nation should behave.
The next day, over the North Pole, Russian fighter jets encountered U.S. military fighter jets, and the two sides were entangled.
On the third day, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement that at noon, a Russian fighter plane intercepted a U.S. Navy EP-3 electronic reconnaissance aircraft over the Caspian Sea, expressing strong condemnation of such behavior by the United States.
There were frictions for three consecutive days, and Muse, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, was very worried. The ambassador personally called President Palmer. These behaviors have not happened in the past, but reporting them at this juncture has a different meaning.
A week later, the White House suddenly held a press conference and announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and the confiscation of several properties used for intelligence work.
After the airport incident, the United States has always had two speculations about Russia's reaction. One is that Russia directly starts a war mode, and the United States and Russia break out a proxy war or even start a war themselves. No one wants to see such a result.
The other is that Russia takes a different approach and uses the same means to retaliate in the United States. This speculation is not groundless, because there is an international precedent - the famous Munich massacre.
At the 20th Olympic Games hosted by West Germany in Munich in 1972, the Israeli delegation was kidnapped by the terrorist organization "Black September" in order to blackmail the Israeli government into releasing Palestinians it had previously detained.
Although West Germany launched a rescue operation and eventually killed 5 terrorists, all 11 Israeli athletes were killed. Afterwards, the Israeli Mossad launched a retaliatory operation, sending trained agents to act as killers, targeting Palestinians around the world.
assassinations of dignitaries and Palestinians related to the Munich massacre.
It is not impossible for a proxy war to be carried out in an all-round way, but the Russian government also has great concerns about doing so. After all, once the war starts, neither party can stop it if it wants to.
What the White House is most worried about is that the Kremlin adopts the second method. If this happens, the American people will definitely question the ability of this cabinet. If the consequences are serious, the United States may be forced to go to war.
Therefore, while various intelligence agencies have recently been working intensively to arrest Makarov, the domestic counter-espionage agency FBI has also been idle. In order to prevent Russia from jumping over the wall, many suspected spies with low risk levels have been expelled from the country.
Since the beginning of the Cold War, both sides have never stopped sending spies to each other. Some have been discovered, while others have remained dormant for a long time.
The United States does not know whether Russia will really be like Israel, but they must prepare for the worst.
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Omega Headquarters
Silly Baitian stared at the computer screen with red eyes. She had been working continuously for 48 hours. The rest of the intelligence team had also worked at least 32 hours continuously. Not only them, but not one of the intelligence agencies in the United States had an easy time in the past two days.
Working overtime to compile information.
Shabaitian was browsing the information on the big screen. Suddenly, something caught his attention. After going back to confirm it again, Shabaitian fell into deep thought. Then, she ran to Owen's office in a hurry.
Three minutes later, everyone from the Omega home team appeared in the report room.
"The flow of these funds is very suspicious. I checked and found that all the funds are related to a logistics company. The actual person in charge of this logistics company is Alexander Nomanov, but this is just a pseudonym. I compared it with his
After the video, who do you think he is?"
"Yuri?"
Silly Baitian said and posted a photo on the briefing board. Owen recognized the guy at a glance. His last name was unknown. He only knew that he was Makarov's close comrade-in-arms and Makarov's right-hand man. Before
I met this guy when I exchanged plutonium bombs with Makarov during an operation.
"Yes, it's Yuri. I investigated the related business of this company and found a suspicious location. Here, this is probably a stronghold of Makarov or the White Mask, but we have no definite information to prove that Makarov
Love is here..."
Shabaitian kept zooming on the electronic map. Soon, an aerial view appeared in front of everyone. The satellite aerial view showed a camp located in the mountains and forests. The mark below the location was Ukraine, Korsnoshe Mountains.
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After listening to Shabaitian's analysis, Owen made a decision quickly. The intelligence could not be 100% accurate, and in many cases it could only play a supporting role. Whether Makarov was there or not, one would only need to take a trip to find out.
Irving tapped on the blackboard and pointed to Makarov's photo on the bulletin board.
"Guys, you have half an hour to sort out the equipment. I will contact the military for assistance and we will set off in half an hour. This operation is codenamed--Operation Kingfish."
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Ukraine, Korsnoshe Mountains
Omega's Kingfish operation was the first capture operation of the United States against Makarov. The military paid enough attention to it and not only dispatched a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft to transport and pick them up, but also dispatched
An AC-130 gunship and ground attack aircraft assisted them.
After repeated reconnaissance, the satellite determined an open space as the landing site. The Osprey transport aircraft began to land slowly. The huge propeller blew the nearby turf like waves. It landed safely. The tailgate slowly opened. After Omega once again organized the equipment, Owen led everyone
Get off the plane and start heading towards the target camp.
"The neighborhood is safe, nothing unusual."
Shabaitian observed every move in the camp through the satellite. The landing just now did not cause any reaction from the camp. Becky poured herself a cup of coffee. Now she can only rely on this thing to stay awake. During the period when Owen and the others left, she
I have been paying close attention to this camp and can already tell the deployment of troops in the camp.
"Arrived at the observation location."
Owen said in the headset that after passing through a dense forest, they had appeared near the target camp. There was a foothill in front of them, and the camp was just below them. There were some buildings built vertically, some similar to barracks. Everyone hid in the dense forest and watched carefully.
Wagg and Fred have left the team to find suitable sniping positions on their own.
"Everything is fine."
The silly voice came from the communicator again.
Owen and the rest of the group quietly approached the camp under the cover of vegetation, and soon arrived at the edge of the forest, which is also the edge of the camp. There is no fence in the camp, and you can enter the camp directly if you go further.
Somewhere at the foot of the mountain, Swager set up the cheytac intervention m-200. This sniper rifle named "intervention" is extremely suitable for ultra-long-distance sniping. It can achieve an accuracy of less than 1 arc minute at a distance of 2,500 yards.
It was specially selected by Swager for this mission.
"Wind speed three miles per hour, wind direction, correction angle 4.5, lens rest three miles..."
Fred acted as an observer. He spread his hands and watched the grass stems flying in the palm of his hand. He reported a series of parameters very skillfully. Swagger simultaneously rotated the handwheel on the gun sight, and the handwheel followed.
It makes a slight "click" sound as it rotates.
"The snipers are in position, and a total of four guards were found on the top of the barracks on the east and west sides."
While Fred was reporting, Swag also put a cross mirror on one of the guards.
"Operation Kingfish has officially begun. The goal is to capture Makarov alive."