Operation Deep Blue

U.S. and Israeli naval forces were on maneuvers. Two Israeli subs were designated the aggressors, and U.S. attack subs the defenders. The Israeli Dolphin-class boats were playing the role of Iranian Kilo-class subs moving in to attack Washington. The scenario called for preventing them from getting closer than 200 km of the U.S. This was considered the effective range of their SS-N-27 Sizzler cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads. A third Dolphin had experienced mechanical problems, and was still in the Central Atlantic. She would make an independent attack.

The Indian Kilo-class submarine was officially in dry dock at Mumbai. She was in reality 350 kilometers NE of Manhattan Island. Specially rigged for remote control operation, she was following a Dolphin-class boat, tethered by a fiber optic cable. She was armed with six Sizzlers, each fitted with a 350 kg tactical nuclear warhead of 10 kiloton yield. The yield was retarded to emulate a hypothetical Iranian device. A skeleton crew would load and fire the missiles. The two boats would move down to launch range on New York as soon as the other Dolphins were detected. A timed noise source on one of the other Israeli boats would ensure the wait was not long.

The Kilo would discharge her wares. The skeleton crew would be gassed. Once the missiles struck, the third Dolphin would announce herself in pursuit of an Iranian sub, and destroy the Indian boat before a U.S. sub could record her sonic signature. The Dolphin, of course, had a prerecorded signature of an Iranian Kilo taken in the Gulf. The missiles would strike, and then the U.S. would devastate Iran in response.

The Indian government would report their sub lost in action against Iran during the subsequent conflagration. The U.S. would be locked down under martial law. Israel would be locked in a battle for survival against an enraged Islamic world. The cabal controlling the U.S. and Israel would have their Forever War.