Everything was ready, save for the east wind.
Oh, this "east wind" was not the literal east wind, but merely a metaphor. If it were the kind of "express delivery" East Wind missile, a single one would have completely wiped out that entire squad.
In many movies and TV shows, to portray intense combat, they often show an aircraft dodging a missile, or being chased by a missile while the pilot pulls off crazy maneuvers and flies through buildings to avoid being hit.
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