A savage Armory break-in left behind only dead soldiers. Dr. Brian Steel (who's civilian authority carried the Presidents' signature) leads the manhunt for Major General George R. Stevenson. An MLRS Multiple Rocket System with 4 M270 Missile Launchers was stolen. Suddenly another deadly break-in, this time at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. Enough nuclear material was stolen to fabricate a single fission bomb with a yield 60 times greater than the Hiroshima blast. The blackmail demands followed, demands that could never be met. As each deadline passed, missiles began launching. The nation watched in horror at the mounting destruction and death toll. The nuclear missile remained hidden . . . until Dr. Steel closed in. Then the unthinkable happened - "We have missile launch!"