Thunderghost

Thunderghost involves the hijacking of an American space Shuttle as part of a plan that had been activated prior to Glasnost and Perestroika, but which got carried through by the hardliners in the Military and Intelligence Services without the knowledge of Mr. Gorbachev, who was put under house arrest during a botch coup d'état.

The American response was to send a prototype fighter/bomber on a surgical strike to destroy the Shuttle. To be refueled by a modified B-2 bomber.

The stealth plane i...