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Carter learns that the secondary capsule contains an array of small steel balls containing
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diplomat and spy. As
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pistol (smuggled into the camp disguised as one half of a pair of binoculars) Carter breaks into the ammunition store and plants bombs. However, Carter is unable to damage the missile itself or the
Metaplast which is held in an armored vault prior to loading into the rocket. Instead he
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to attack the base. Carter kills all the off duty guards in their barracks by gassing them with Pierre – the poison gas bomb. Then he dupes many of the remaining guards into accepting exploding cigars primed to explode within 90 seconds. With a
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single-handedly destroys the rocket command center. The Green Berets arrive to destroy the rocket and the
Metaplast. Wiesner, Ilse Benz and Lin Suy are captured and taken to the US for debriefing.
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Burgdorf, secret agent Nick Carter is sent to impersonate Burgdorf, infiltrate the camp and neutralize the rocket programme.
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A new rocket has been perfected that can deliver a payload into earth orbit. The team of scientists is waiting for Dr Erich
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for interrogation by AXE agents. Carter quickly learns about triggering devices from AXE specialists and returns to the camp posing as
Burgdorf.
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In this way, Krutch intends to blackmail Russia and America by jeopardizing the safety of all future space missions unless his demands are met.
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