“Aircraft has leveled off at three three thousand. Heading has not changed,” said Smash Seven. “We have bull’s-eye on one-two-nine at three six thousand now. We are a half mile in trail.”
Chapter 7
May 8, 2016
3:23 p.m.
American Airlines Flight 129
20,000 Feet
Near Lexington, Kentucky
“Those are F-16s,” said Bird. “They’ve remained just behind us since they checked us out a few minutes ago.”
Gray was aware the military would not hesitate to shoot them down if the plane was hijacked. Although their altitude had leveled, no one knew whether the plane would fly directly into the Atlantic or nose-dive into Washington. The government would not take that chance. He suddenly felt the urge to call his wife.
“I’m going to call Betty,” said Gray.
At lower altitude, he might reach a cell tower. A second after pressing send on his phone, the plane began to climb. He initiated communications once again with the Indianapolis ZID.
“Indianapolis Center. American Airlines Flight one-two-niner. Aircraft has begun uncontrolled ascent,” said Gray.
Bird called out the altimeter readings. “Twenty-three thousand. Twenty-six thousand. Thirty thousand.”
“American Airlines one-two-niner, roger that. Are you able to gain control of your aircraft?”
“Negative.” Gray was sweating profusely.
They were running out of time.
“Where are the F-16s, Stacy?”
“I don’t have a visual. My guess is they’re a thousand feet above and behind us,” replied Bird.
“Captain Gray,” interrupted the voice of the Air Force colonel, “I’m not going to sugarcoat this. You have about two minutes to gain control of your aircraft before you enter populated areas and D.C. airspace. Homeland Security has established certain protocols in this type of situation.”
Gray and Bird exchanged glances. How could this be happening? I really want to talk to my wife.
“Colonel, I assure you that we have nothing to do with this,” pleaded Gray. “There has to be a solution. This airplane is acting normally, except for the controls. It must be a malfunction. You can’t shoot us down!”
“Randy, look!” exclaimed Bird, tapping the monitors for the onboard computer.
Gray immediately grabbed the controls, remembering that the autopilot was activated. He flipped the switch, and the plane responded to his touch. Flight 129 was his again!
“All stations, this is American Airlines one-two-niner. We have positive control of the flight. I say again, we have positive control of the flight!” said Gray.
As he and Captain Bird exchanged relieved looks, the monitor display changed:
Thank you for flying with Zero Day Gamers Airways.
APPENDIX B
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Table of Contents
Dedications
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Foreword by Author Steven Konkoly
About Cyber Warfare and the Prepping for Tomorrow Series
Epigraph
PART ONE What is Cyber Warfare?
Chapter Two Recent Cyber Skirmishes
Chapter Three The Fourth Dimension of Warfare
PART TWO The History and Early Uses of Cyber Warfare
Chapter Four History of Cyber Warfare
Chapter Five Significant Events in the History of Cyber Warfare
PART THREE Present day use of Cyber Warfare
Chapter Six Major Players
PART FOUR United States Policy, Problem of Attribution, Defense Department Preparations
Chapter Seven United States Policy Stance; The Five Pillars
Chapter Eight The Problem of Attribution
Chapter Nine U. S. Department of Defense Preparations
Chapter Ten Retaliation – Cyber Counter-Terrorism
PART FIVE Cyber Attacks as Acts Of War
Chapter Eleven Does Cyber Vandalism fall short of An Act of War?
Chapter Twelve When is it an act of war? What is an appropriate response?
Chapter Thirteen If the U.S. Government doesn’t respond, might the company?
PART SIX Is a Cyber War a Realistic Threat?
Chapter Fourteen The Threat is Real
Chapter Fifteen What could cause a Cyber War—World War C?
Chapter Sixteen A Major Attack on America’s Critical Infrastructure
Chapter Seventeen Based upon what we know, could hackers bring down the U.S. Power Grid?
PART SEVEN Preparing For Cyber Warfare
Chapter Eighteen Cyber War Implications for Business
Chapter Nineteen It’s Time to Get Ready for the Coming Cyber War
Chapter Twenty We Are All Preppers Now
APPENDIX A
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
APPENDIX B