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Israeli Intelligence got word of a pending nuclear test on Prince Edward Island and informed the U.S. State department. 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Jackson USN (Ret.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovering from his Operation Arctic Sting injuries, \u003cem\u003eUSS Teuthis\u003c\/em\u003e Executive Officer Mac McDowell is tasked with laying acoustic arrays in the southern Atlantic and off Thurston Island, Western Antarctica. \u003cem\u003eTeuthis \u003c\/em\u003etangles with Argentine subs in the south Atlantic, then confronts a ChiCom sub off Thurston Island. 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