Dragon Fire

Xia-class type 92 strategic missile submarine, Bay of Bengal

The swell of the sea around the submarine was identified by an alert analyst in Washington from a satellite transmission. Seconds after the swell, a generation of white water spread from the area as the submarine’s missile doors opened. The sea began heaving violently, then it pitched and rolled as if a storm was whipping up. Outside the area of launch the sea was flat as it only could be shortly before a tropical monsoon. The water sprayed and frothed, and the satellite picked up fire, leaping from the sea, then when the missile cleared the surface, its thrusters took it skywards beyond the earth’s atmosphere, before turning it to come down minutes later on its target.