He was still wondering what her concession meant when their fighter launched.
Two fighters had launched from Atlantic City, but they would not be in range for almost fifteen minutes.
"You'd be dead meat right now if those fighters launched a missile, Dave," White asked.
The fighter would climb to a high altitude and launch the missile into an orbit.
The Chinese fighters launched their heat-seeking missiles at optimum range, less than four miles away.
However, the fighters launch an attack and one of the bombers crashes.
Never halting, the black-clad fighter launched himself upon the men below.
He arrived at the crash site first, despite the fact that the other fighters had launched before him.
"The fighters and assault ships will be launching en masse now."
Two fighters immediately launched missiles, and the American aircraft jinked up, then down to lose them.