Backfire

A Russian Tupolev Backfire bomber leaves Cuba on a secret mission, carrying eight nuclear weapons. With an escort of two Mig-29 fighters and two navy F-14 Tomcats, the Backfire plans to fly its usual route into the Gulf of Mexico. But no one predicted that two Cuban rebels would sabotage the plane by hiding a homemade bomb in the plane’s cockpit. The flight proceeds as normal—until the bomb explodes. With the pilot half-alive and the rest of the crew dead, the failsafe system malfunctions, causing the Backfire to drop its deadly cargo over the Louisiana coast. A platoon of marines and two weapons scientists have only 24 hours to disarm eight nuclear bombs. Can they do it in time? Meanwhile, a massive hurricane named Evita is making her way toward the coast, consuming everything in her path, and the Russians are faced with political turmoil in Cuba. Power-hungry General Morales attempts to seize control while President Castro is out of the country. Will the combination of Russian and loyal Cuban forces be enough to stop Morales? How will this long day end? Will Cuba’s government fall? Will Evita prevent the Marine Corps from disarming the weapons? Or will they be successful in stopping a potential nuclear firestorm? Danger has been brought to America by the Backfire!