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GROSSET & DUNLAP
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© BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC., 1961
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PIRATE MISSILE
Tense, excited men gazed spaceward from the ships and planes of theSouth Atlantic task force. Other watchers waited breathlessly in thecontrol room of the ship Recoverer. Among these was Tom Swift Jr.
"How close to earth is our Jupiter probe missile?" Bud Barclay asked Tomexcitedly.
The lanky blond youth beside him, in T shirt and slacks, shot a glanceat the dials of the tracking equipment. "Eight thousand miles from thisspot, Bud. It should land here in fifteen minutes!"
Tom Jr., his father, Bud, and a host of scientists, Navy officers, andnewsmen were crowded aboard a U.S. Navy missile launching ship.
"Just think!" Bud exulted. "You'l