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

De Bono spins his thrilling tale of intrigue and again out CLANCIES the master spinner of military thrillers, Tom Clancy. It's about time De Bono receives the recognition his brilliant writing deserves. His novels rate a FIVE STAR PLUS.
--Bonnie Toews, Author Of Treason An Triumph

De Bono is highly recommended, a gripping author that leaves the reader lunging from page to page in a frantic effort to keep up with the action and survive the building tension.
--Midwest Book Review

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LAW –
Light Assault Weapon designed for anti-armor and anti-personnel missions (if you’re curious about the anti-personnel missions read Rogue State, you’ll never look at a manhole cover the same way again). The M-72 is single user launcher tube that fires a 66mm fin-stabilized HEAT round at 475 feet per second at a maximum range of 200 yards.

Lexington Compact –
These are bad guys that do bad things for crooked politicians, renegade Russians and Chinese spies. They started out as a plot device in Reap the Whirlwind and as a way to connect Damon Layne into parts of the story. However, when I sat down to work through the Terror War Series, it occurred to me that I could use them again. I don’t really know how insidious the Lexington Compact will become, or who all the players are. Stay tuned.

Looking Glass –
A fleet of airborne command and control aircraft for United States nuclear forces. From 1961 through 1990, a Looking Glass nuclear command and control aircraft was airborne to ensure that a nuclear response remained credible. Looking Glass was a modified EC-135 packed full of hardened communication and electronics gear. They were commanded either by a Admiral or Air Force General and they flew out of Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. In 1998, Looking Glass was replaced y the National Airborne Operations Center based at Offutt AFB in Nebraska.

Los Angeles class –
Sometimes called 688 submarines, the Los Angeles class submarine’s primary mission is carrier battle group escort and ASW vis-à-vis hostile submarines attempting to interdict and sink American carriers. They carry a mix of MK-48 and ADCAP torpedoes.

Displacement: 6,927 tons
Speed: 30+ knots
Crew: 129

Luda II class –
Also called the Type 051, the Luda II class is the first Chinese surface vessel designed for fleet deployment (not that there is that much of a Chinese fleet to deploy, but they are growing sharper teeth). There are 13 ships in this class that was first introduced in 1971.

Displacement: 3,250 tons
Speed: 32 knots
Crew: 280
Armament: various missile, torpedo and AAA packages.

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