![]() The United States military then proceeds to launch a counterattack on their Japanese counterparts using whatever resources they have. investment banks start a massive economic unloading of Japanese investment products, effectively eliminating any gains made by the zaibatsu. stock market is successfully restored with only minor disruption, and a group of U.S. He engineers a "do-over", where all of the transactions that were deleted on the day of the mass deletion are ignored and all trade information is restored to its condition at noon of that day. Despite his typical focus on military issues, he advises the president to deal with the economic crisis first, realizing that Japan's deletion of trade records could be an advantage in responding to the economic threat. President Roger Durling, who appoints him as National Security Advisor. Meanwhile, Jack Ryan is pulled out of retirement from government service by U.S. The Japanese government then immediately sue for peace, offering international talks and seemingly free elections in the Marianas to delay a U.S. They also assassinate the President of the Federal Reserve Bank. stock market by hiring a programmer who is a consultant for an exchange firm to insert a logic bomb into the system, which when triggered blocks the storage of all trade records made after noon on Friday. An immediate retaliation is forestalled by the second phase of the Japanese offensive: an economic attack, where Japan engineers the collapse of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, destroying two submarines and crippling two aircraft carriers. However, during a joint military exercise, Japanese ships "accidentally" launch torpedoes at the U.S. Japan launches the first phase of its assault, sending Self-Defense Force units to occupy the Mariana Islands, specifically Saipan and Guam, without casualties. ![]() Meanwhile, Japan has covertly developed nuclear weapons, and with SS-18 designs bought from the former Soviet Union, has fabricated and deployed several ICBMs. After the Japanese Prime Minister Mogataru Koga resigns in disgrace due to the economic situation, the zaibatsu installs Hiroshi Goto, an aggressive nationalist and critic of the U.S., to succeed him. presence in the Pacific and re-establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Along with covert support from China and India, they plot to curtail the U.S. Facing an economic crisis, Japan’s ruling zaibatsu, led by Yamata, decides to take economic and military action against the United States. to mirror trade practices of the countries from which it imports goods, cutting off the American export markets upon which the Japanese economy depends. The incident leads to the swift passage of a law allowing the U.S. His opportunity comes when a car accident in East Tennessee, caused by faulty gas tanks made in Japan, results in the deaths of six American people. Japanese industrialist Raizo Yamata has been plotting to bring back his country to a position of greatness for years, partly as revenge for the death of his family at the hands of American forces invading the island of Saipan during World War II. The novel was later noted as containing plot elements which were similar to the circumstances of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times bestseller list. A direct sequel to The Sum of All Fears (1991), Jack Ryan becomes the National Security Advisor when a secret cabal of Japanese industrialists seize control of their country’s government and wage war on the United States. Debt of Honor is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 17, 1994.
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