North Korea is readying a ballistic missile for launch and intelligence sources have informed Admiral William Hallam, Chief of Naval Operations Western Pacific, that the missile may be tipped with a nuclear warhead. Yet Admiral Hallam's orders, direct from the President of the United States, are to take no action to stop the launch.

Acting without authority, Admiral Hallam sends a clandestine SEAL team into North Korea to disable the missile's guidance. If the mission succeeds, the missile will do no damage, but the North Koreans will blame the United States for invading their territory, and Admiral Hallam will be court marshaled. But if the mission fails, it could mean all-out war on the Korean peninsula that will almost certainly pull China and the United States into the conflict.