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Both lasers were ABM defence systems, not ASAT.
* ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988)
* ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988)
*: First appearance of John Clark and Sergey Golovko. Secret anti-satellite lasers (Strategic Defense Initiative), high-stakes diplomacy, spies and computer geeks (Major Gregory is introduced here and shown later as updating [[Surface-to-air missile]] software in ''The Bear and the Dragon''). We see how spies pass secrets and how they are interrogated in the Lubyanka Prison: no torture, but clever use of sensory deprivation.
*: First appearance of John Clark and Sergey Golovko. Secret anti-missile lasers (Strategic Defense Initiative), high-stakes diplomacy, spies and computer geeks (Major Gregory is introduced here and shown later as updating [[Surface-to-air missile]] software in ''The Bear and the Dragon''). We see how spies pass secrets and how they are interrogated in the Lubyanka Prison: no torture, but clever use of sensory deprivation.
* ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989)
* ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989)