“I fondly recall a techno thriller about a certain military group”
Is this a novel or a film? I would like to check it out.
One of those techo thrillers was about China launching enough killer satellites into orbit that would shoot down anything fast moving, jets, rockets, missiles and even some airliners.
But the story evolved around the surprise discovery of a hidden WW2 Japanese aircraft carrier complete with aged pilots, who then work with American pilots who could only use propeller driven attack aircraft. Cannot remember the series name, came out about 12 years ago.
And another was about a covert group that faked a light show into a holy message from Mohammed to the people and instructing them to end all wars with the west, destroy any weapons, yada yada yada. May have been a Dale Brown book on this one.