Reddit reviews Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

There's a novel out called Ghost Fleet in the vein of Tom Clancy, set in the not too distant future. In it, an Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos-type character obtains a Letter of Marque from the US government to hunt down a Chinese spaceship that's taking out American communications satellites. Which basically makes him a space privateer. Fun read
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fleet-Novel-Next-World/dp/0544142845

Book in the picture

> "The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. The fighting involves everything from stealthy robotic–drone strikes to old warships from the navy’s “ghost fleet.” Fighter pilots unleash a Pearl Harbor–style attack; American veterans become low-tech insurgents; teenage hackers battle in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on blending the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future.

>Ghost Fleet is a page-turning speculative thriller in the spirit of The Hunt for Red October. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in that every trend and technology featured in the novel — no matter how sci-fi it may seem — is real, or could be soon."

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If we must believe this the picture was taken somewhere in a base in Iraq. According to this the base is near Mexmûr, Kurdistan.

If you liked Red Storm Rising, I would suggest Ghost Fleet as your next read.

Everyone should go read Ghost Fleet if they are curious how a war with China could go down. Hawaii is prime territory.
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

great fictional read featuring this boat:

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fleet-Novel-Next-World/dp/0544142845