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326 the F-15C: “F-15 Eagle Fact Sheet,” U.S. Air Force, March 14, 2005, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104501/f-15-eagle.aspx.
327 the aircraft equivalent of the Ghost Fleet: Mark Wilson, “Google Earth’s View of the Boneyard, Where Planes Go to Die,” Gizmodo (blog), February 23, 2010, accessed August 24, 2014, http://gizmodo.com/5478203/google-earths-view-of-the-boneyard-where-planes-go-to-die.
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327 desert-worn KC-135s: “KC-135 Stratotanker,” U.S. Air Force, September 15, 2004, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104524/kc-135-stratotanker.aspx.
327 KC-46s: “KC-46A Pegasus,” U.S. Air Force, May 4, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104537/kc-46a.
329 even a World War I pilot would laugh at: Robert Valdes, “How the Predator UAV Works,” How Stuff Works, accessed August 25, 2014, http://science.howstuffworks.com/predator1.htm. See also Singer, Wired for War.
329 tried to send the cutting-edge technology: Interview with UCAS program officer, June 2014, Washington, DC.
329 proposed by a maverick coloneclass="underline" Michael W. Pietrucha, “The Next Lightweight Fighter,” Air and Space Power Journal (July/August 2013), accessed August 14, 2014, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2014/2014-2/2014_2_02_pietrucha_s_eng.pdf.
330 the valley of death: “Several Factors Have Led to a Decline in Partnerships at DOE’s Laboratories,” Government Accountability Office, April 19, 2002, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-02-465.
330 the agency’s trusted-foundry program: “Leading Edge Access Program (LEAP),” DARPA, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/MTO/Programs/Leading_Edge_Access_Program_%28LEAP%29.aspx.
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331 “The hell with that”: Patricia Sullivan, “Kenneth Taylor; Flew Against Pearl Harbor Raiders,” Washington Post, December 3, 2006, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/02/AR2006120201162.html.
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333 Stryker mobile-gun systems: “Stryker MGS,” General Dynamics, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.gdls.com/index.php/products/stryker-family/stryker-mgs.
333 form polyurethane polymer concrete: “Polymer Concrete and Ucrete,” Prime Polymers, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.primepolymers.com/polymer-concrete-ucrete.php.
333 AIM-120E AMRAAM air-to-air missiles: “AIM-120 AMRAAM,” U.S. Air Force, accessed April 1, 2003, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104576/aim-120-amraam.aspx.
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334 indicator approaching Vmax: Richard Sheffield, The Official F-15 Strike Handbook, FlightSimBooks.com, accessed October 11, 2014, http://www.flightsimbooks.com/f15strikeeagle/03_02_Air_Combat-Related_Aerodynamics.php.
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341 “registering as active”: Michael Peck, “Sailors’ New Uniforms Could Electronically Track Them All Over the Ship,” Medium.com, September 18, 2014, accessed October 27, 2014, https://medium.com/war-is-boring/sailors-new-uniforms-could-electronically-track-them-all-over-ship-94365277c53f.
344 “hold this line of position”: James D. Hornfischer, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (New York: Bantam Books, 2005).
344 “you stupid, abtomat”: Translation of automaton from English to Russian, Google Translate, accessed August 25, 2014, https://translate.google.com/#auto/ru/automaton.
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346 Type Fifty-Four frigates: Gabe Collins, Morgan Clemens, and Kristen Gunness, “The Type 054/054A Frigate Series: China’s All-Purpose Surface Combatant,” Study of Innovation and Technology in China, University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, January 10, 2014, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www-igcc.ucsd.edu/assets/001/505322.pdf.
346 Luyang-class guided missile destroyer: Ridzwan Rahmat, “PLAN Commissions First Type 052D DDG, Puts Second on Sea Trials,” IHS Jane’s 360, March 23, 2014, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.janes.com/article/35842/plan-commissions-first-type-052d-ddg-puts-second-on-sea-trials.
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347 Penguin missile: “Penguin Anti-Ship Missile,” U.S. Navy, February 20, 2009, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=600&ct=2.
347 FL-3000 Red Banner: James C. Bussert, “China’s Navy Deploys Three-Tier Defensive Weapons,” Signal Online, July 1, 2013, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/11461.
347 The robotic swarm: Vijay Kumar, “Scalable sWarms of Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors (SWARMS) Project,” Swarms.org, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.swarms.org/. See also Singer, Wired for War.