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‘Shark Gill sonar! Dead ahead – he must be right under that oil tanker!’ Eyes’s voice was so loud Storm thought he would’ve heard him without the com set.

‘Excellent,’ said Storm, though in truth he felt disappointed. Shark Gill was the NATO code word for the sonar used in Russian Kilo-class submarines. Most likely he had been trailing a Russian boat that had managed to evade the fleet – not the commandos, since Russia and India were allies.

‘See if the captain of the tanker would honor a request to move off to the west,’ said Storm. ‘Tell him that our helicopter has been tracking some mines in the area – get him scared and get him out of there.’

‘The sub may follow.’

‘I doubt he’ll make it that easy for us, now that he knows we’re here,’ said Storm. ‘Turn on our active sonar as well – let’s make sure he knows precisely how close to him we are.’