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The Command: Amplifications and Corrections Log

Eagle-eyed readers have begun to help point out corrections in the new book, as well as areas where some amplification might be useful.

One correction: we identified the RC-12 Guardrail plane as a jet. It is not; it is a turboprop.

And Michele Malvesti is described as Adm. William McRaven’s boss at the National Security Council; technically, when they worked together, they were co-workers, as she had not yet been promoted to “senior director” and was merely — if one can use that phrase — a “director for combatting terrorism.”

These are Chinese-made SN-22 anti-ship missiles (Sunburns) that could be used to target US destroyers in the Straight of Hormuz. That’s because they were sighted in Iran, having probably been purchased from Russia. Here’s the Chinese website, translated into English. http://www.chilicity.com/cgi-bin/bigate.cgi/b/x/g/http@66.163.168.225/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=zh_en&trurl=http%253a%252f%252fwww.chilicity.com%252fpublishhtml%252f33%252f2012-02-10%252f20120210052531.html

These are Chinese-made SN-22 anti-ship missiles (Sunburns) that could be used to target US destroyers in the Straight of Hormuz. That’s because they were sighted in Iran, having probably been purchased from Russia.

Here’s the Chinese website, translated into English.

http://www.chilicity.com/cgi-bin/bigate.cgi/b/x/g/http@66.163.168.225/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=zh_en&trurl=http%253a%252f%252fwww.chilicity.com%252fpublishhtml%252f33%252f2012-02-10%252f20120210052531.html

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Curious about SEAL Team Six, Delta Force and eager to get the full story behind these remarkable entities? Good. Pre-order “The Command: Deep Inside The President’s Secret Army,” by DB Grady and I, starting Thursday.