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16 The first target was WGS-4: “Fact Sheet: Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS),” Los Angeles Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force, February 11, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.losangeles.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5333.
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17 known as the X-37: David Axe, “A Year Later, Mysterious Space Plane Is Still in Orbit,” Danger Room (blog), Wired, March 7, 2012, accessed March 7, 2012, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/spaceplane-year/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WiredDangerRoom+%28Blog+-+Danger+Room%29.
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18 Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness: Amy Butler, “USAF Chief Outs Classified Spy Sat Program,” Aviation Week and Space Technology, February 21, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://aviationweek.com/defense/usaf-space-chief-outs-classified-spy-sat-program.
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19 Ultra High Frequency Follow-On: “Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UFO),” Program Executive Office Space Systems, U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/PEOSpaceSystems/ProductsServices/Pages/UHFGraphics.aspx.
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20 sipped his awful coffee: “Don’t Wash That Coffee Mug,” Naval Historical Foundation, November 25, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navyhistory.org/2013/11/dont-wash-that-coffee-mug/.
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21 “Deploy REMUS”: “Autonomous Underwater Vehicle—Remus 100,” Kongsberg Maritime, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/D241A2C835DF40B0C12574AB003EA6AB?OpenDocument.
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22 The handheld video-game-style controller: Jacqui Barker, “Navy PCD Designs UxV Controllers with Users in Mind,” Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, March 16, 2012, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=65928.
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23 submitted the required DNA: Axe, “This Scientist Wants Tomorrow’s Troops.”
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24 They had said Tokyo was big: Visible Earth catalog, “Tokyo at Night,” NASA, accessed August 17, 2014, http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=8683.
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25 Major Alexei Denisov’s MiG-35K: “Products—Military Programs: MiG 35/MiG-35D,” MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.migavia.ru/eng/military_e/MiG_35_e.htm.
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26 launched from the Admiral Kuznetsov: Ben Farmer, “Russian Carrier Sails into the English Channel,” UK Telegraph, May 8, 2014, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10816463/Russian-aircraft-carrier-sails-into-English-Channel.html.
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27 The Patriot IV missile batteries: “Patriot,” Raytheon, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/patriot/; fictional version.
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28 RIMPAC war games: Sam LaGrone, “China Sends Uninvited Spy Ship to RIMPAC,” U.S. Naval Institute News, July 18, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://news.usni.org/2014/07/18/china-sends-uninvited-spy-ship-rimpac.
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29 a volley of Sokols (Falcons): Randy Jackson, “CHAMP—Lights Out,” Boeing, October 30, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/10/bds_champ_10_22_12.html; fictional weapon.
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30 RBK-500 cluster bombs: “RBK Cluster Bomb Family,” HarpoonDatabases.com, accessed August 26, 2014, http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry2809.aspx.
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31 F-35A Lightning II: “F-35 Fast Facts,” Lockheed Martin, accessed August 19, 2014, https://www.f35.com/about/fast-facts.
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32 the $8.6 billion tab to relocate the Marines: Travis J. Tritten, “Cost to Relocate Marines a Moving Target,” Stars and Stripes, May 15, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/okinawa/cost-to-relocate-marines-off-okinawa-a-moving-target-1.177261.
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33 Chinese companies that ran the Panama Canal Zone: “The Panama Canal: Now for the Next 100 Years,” Economist, August 16, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21612185-it-was-good-investment-america-now-china-has-its-eye-canal-now-next-100.
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34 “closed rebreather unit”: “Military Diving,” Dräger, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.draeger.com/Sites/enus_us/Pages/Federal-Government/Military-Diving.aspx.
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35 Joint Chiefs and the president: Marine Corps order 3504.2, June 8, 2007, http://www.mcieast.marines.mil/Portals/33/Documents/Adjutant/SAPR_MCO%203504.2%20OPREP%203%20Reporting[1].pdf.
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36 USS Abraham Lincoln: “USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.lincoln.navy.mil/.
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37 roll-on, roll-off ship: “Deepsea RO/RO Shipping: Operators, Ships and Trades,” Dynamar BV, March 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, https://www.dynamar.com/system/table_of_contents/125/original/DEEPSEA%20RORO%20Contents%20Overview.pdf.
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38 to still have an outdoor wedding: “Kanye: A Paparazzi Drone Could Electrocute My Daughter,” FoxNews.com, August 8, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/08/kanye-drone-could-electrocute-my-daughter/.
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39 electric V1000 drone: Fictional drone.
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40 a symbolic act of bravery: Julie Makinen, “Tiananmen Square Mystery: Who Was Tank Man?,” LA Times, June 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-tiananmen-square-tank-man-20140603-story.html.
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41 located on the Mokapu Peninsula: “Marine Corps Base Hawaii,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.mcbhawaii.marines.mil/.
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42 over forty thousand pounds of thrust: “The F-35B: First Descent,” Lockheed Martin, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/f35b.html.
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43 Moana Surfrider hotel: “Moana Surfrider,” Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.moana-surfrider.com.
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44 USS Gabrielle Giffords: “Keel Laid for Future USS Gabrielle Giffords,” Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships, U.S. Navy, April 16, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80409.
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45 USS Pinckney: “USS Pinckney (DDG 91),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg91/Pages/default.aspx#.U_QZHkj6L6B.
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46 firing an M249 machine gun: “The M249 Series,” FNH USA, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/machine-guns/m249-series/.
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47 SAFFiRs (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robots): “Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR),” Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Media-Center/Fact-Sheets/Shipboard-Robot-Saffir.aspx.
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48 PGZ-07 antiaircraft vehicle: “Air Defense Regiment Equipped with 35 mm Double Loading Anti-Aircraft Gun,” People’s Daily Online, February 13, 2013, accessed August 26, 2014, http://english.people.com.cn/90786/8128497.html.
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49 The ship’s 57 mm Mk 110 cannon: “57MK3 (57MM MK110), Naval Gun,” BAE Systems, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.baesystems.com/product/BAES_020040/57mk3-57mm-mk110-naval-gun?_afrLoop=449462026735000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=llgqyxgjh_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3DWiJ3c7DG%26_afrLoop%3D449462026735000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dllgqyxgjh_4.
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50 TY-90 air-to-air missile: “TY-90 Multi-Purpose Missile,” China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.catic.cn/indexPortal/home/index.do?cmd=goToChannel&cid=746&columnid=1914&cpid=1653&dataid=4298&columnType=102&likeType=view&ckw=ATAM.
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51 The AN/AAQ-37 electro-optical distributed aperture system: “AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35,” Northrop Grumman, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.northropgrumman.com/capabilities/anaaq37f35/pages/default.aspx.
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52 the MV-22’s massive engine: “MV-22 Osprey,” Naval Air Systems Command, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.displayPlatform&key=60296EB4-9CAC-403A-BA7A-6A8D96DA9B53.
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53 H-250 phased array: John C. Wise, “PLA Air Defence Radars,” Air Power Australia, last updated April 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-PLA-IADS-Radars.html.
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54 Type 99 tanks: Martin Andrew, “Type 96 and Type 99 Main Battle Tanks,” Air Power Australia, September 2009, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-PLA-Type-96-99.html.
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55 Airbus A380s: “A380 Family,” Airbus, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/.
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56 The headquarters of Pacific Command: “About USPACOM,” U.S. Pacific Command, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.pacom.mil/.
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57 Chinese-made Z-10 attack helicopter: Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “Army Helicopter, Navy Ship,” Eastern Arsenal (blog), Popular Science, April 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/army-helicopter-navy-ship.
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58 A Type 93A submarine: Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “New Chinese 039C Submarine Doesn’t Need to Come Up for Air . . . in Several Weeks,” Eastern Arsenal (blog), Popular Science, April 15, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/new-chinese-039c-submarine-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-come-air%E2%80%A6-several-weeks.
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59 USS George H. W. Bush: “USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn77/Pages/USS%20GEORGE%20H.W.%20BUSH%20%28CVN%2077%29.aspx.
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60 USS John Warner: Eric Durie, “Meet SSN 785—the Navy’s 12th Virginia-Class Submarine,” Navy Live (blog), U.S. Navy, March 15, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/03/15/meet-ssn-785-the-navys-12th-virginia-class-submarine/.
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61 “releasing Mark Fifty-Four”: “United States Navy Fact File: MK 54—Torpedo,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2100&tid=1100&ct=2.
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62 RIM-161 SM-3 missiles: “Standard Missile–3,” Raytheon, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/sm-3/.
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63 “Update from the Stockdale’s ATHENA”: “USS Stockdale,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg106/Pages/WelcomeAboard.aspx#.U_Qx5Uj6L6A.
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64 AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda system: Dave Majumdar, “F-35 as ISR Collector,” Defense News, November 1, 2010, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.defensenews.com/article/20101101/C4ISR02/11010309/F-35-ISR-collector.
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65 not even a tiny percentage could be tested: John Villasenor, “Compromised by Design? Securing the Defense Electronics Supply Chain,” Brookings Institution, November 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2013/11/4%20securing%20electronics%20supply%20chain%20against%20intentionally%20compromised%20hardware%20villasenor/villasenor_hw_security_nov7.pdf.
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66 USS Boxer: “USS Boxer (LHD 4),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/local/lhd4/.
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67 Fifteenth Marine Expeditionary Unit: “15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.15thmeu.marines.mil/.
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68 the Arizona memorial: “USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,” U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command, accessed August 26, 2014, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb39-v.htm.
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69 USS Lake Erie: “USS Lake Erie (CG 70),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cg70/Pages/default.aspx#.U_Q-3Uj6L6A.
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70 modafinil for endurance: Peter Rubin, “Superhuman Performance Enhancers You Can Find Online,” Wired, December 20, 2012, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-12/20/performance-enhancers.
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Part 3
1 so many boys and so few girls: Louisa Lim, “China Demographic Crisis: Too Many Boys, Elderly,” NPR.org, April 14, 2008, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89572563.
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2 Duke’s: “Duke’s Waikiki,” TS Restaurants, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.dukeswaikiki.com/.
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3 what had happened to the Japanese Americans: “Teaching with Documents: Documents and Photographs Related to Japanese Relocation During World War II,” National Archives, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation/.
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4 “major cause of degradation”: Barry Thaler, “Affordable Switches for Pulsed Power Systems,” Empfasis, January 2007, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.empf.org/empfasis/2007/Jan07/january%202007%20empfasis.pdf.
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5 officer’s quarters in Fort Mason: “Fort Mason,” Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/park-sites/fort-mason.html.
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6 Mark VI patrol boats: Valerie Insinna, “Navy Receives First New Patrol Boat,” National Defense, November 2014, accessed October 21, 2014, http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2014/November/Pages/NavyReceivesFirstNewPatrolBoat.aspx.
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7 “they sunk the Ford”: Tom Moore, “CVN-78: A True Leap Ahead for the Navy and Naval Aviation,” Navy Live (blog), U.S. Navy, July 9, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/07/09/cvn-78-a-true-leap-ahead-for-the-navy-and-naval-aviation/.
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8 “and the Vinson”: “USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.cvn70.navy.mil/.
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9 “Only the boomers”: “Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines—SSBN,” U.S. Navy, August 14, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=200&ct=4.
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10 “fight this war as a contractor”: Peter W. Singer, Corpo
rate Warriors (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003).
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11 “I live in lonely desolation”: Aleksandr Pushkin, “I Have Outlasted All Desire,” 1821.
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12 wartime orphans “the Lost Boys”: “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” International Rescue Committee, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.rescue.org/lost-boys-sudan.
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13 “principal deputy undersecretary of defense”: “ACQWeb: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics,” Department of Defense, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.acq.osd.mil/.