A Battle Unseen

[Dredd]

[April, 5624, Lirnak Mountains]

Supreme Leader Saburov dismounted the luxury train car flanked by an entourage of elite commissariat bodyguards and walked down the red carpet. He shook hands with a multitude of scientists including many Yeudish expats who still yet lived in Kundrati in excellent conditions. Without further delay they loaded into a motorcade of black Limousines adorned with Legion flags on every one, and drove for 45 minutes until finally reaching the discreet hidden scientific fortress.

The test would not involve mounting them on rockets of course, but this was soon on the way, but today would be a hallmark in Kundrati history, a message to the world and at home that we may now be considered one of the true superpowers of Artania. The defeat in Extea was only a setback, something that drove Saburov even harder to achieve the impossible just as his predecessor had. With a bit of skip in his step he quickly paced down the stairs into the observation bunker and fiddled with his pen, dozens of scientists flipped switches, closed observation ports, and began recording with high speed cameras. There was no room for error, beads of sweat began to form on Saburovs brow, was the ambition of over two decades finally about to become a reality?

The countdown neared its end;
Five
Four
Three
Two
One...

For a split second a flash of blinding light slipped through the view ports and shutters briefly lighting up the room, a low rumbling roar was heard as the whole room shook, dust cascading from the ceiling, until it suddenly ceased. The viewports were slowly opened as Saburov rushed to the windows, there framed between two mountains was the unmistakable silhouette of a mushroom cloud. Saburov felt a tugging at the edge of his lips as he began smiling harder than he might have his entire life.