Ghost Missile: The Clash for Control of the Stealth Weapon

Ghost Missile is a thrilling story of espionage, murder, and revenge set in contemporary times. Obtaining the plans for a stealth missile, named Ghost, being developed for the U.S. Air Force and the CIA, is the objective of American moles controlled by Russia on orders from Vladimir Putin, who needs the missile to achieve global domination. The lead mole is an employee of Century Aerospace, the company developing the missile. The mole fears she has been unmasked by her supervisor, the head of the companys Washington Office. She arranges for a Russian assassin to terminate her boss while on vacation in Maine. This is where the book beginswith Nick Butlers murder.

Wes Truitt was an executive at Northrop Grumman for 25 years serving as Executive Assistant to the Chairman/CEO and ending as Vice President-Europe, Middle East, Africa. He was involved with the B-2 stealth bomber and the YF-23 stealth fighter. He worked closely with the State and Defense Departments and the CIA while selling jet fighters all over the world. Later, he was Adjunct Professor at UCLAs Graduate School of Management and at Pepperdine Universitys School of Public Policy. His B.A. is from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his Ph.D. is from Columbia University, where he held several fellowships including the Presidents Fellowship. He earned a post-graduate Diploma from the University of Florence, Italy and was a National Science Foundation Scholar.