Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War (9780544145979) (64 page)

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19
Ehukai Beach:
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.

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20
a small black lobster:
Maryann Lawlor, “Lobsters Populate Navy Robot Platter,”
Signal Online,
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.

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21
the lobster made a final sprint:
Joseph Ayers, “Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program,” Northeastern Marine Science Center, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.neurotechnology.neu.edu/
.

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22
suppressed HK 416 rifles:
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.

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23
swim to shore without oxygen tanks:
“110 Predictions for the Next 110 Years,”
Popular Mechanics,
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24
The Tallyho had originally been:
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; fictional spaceship.

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25
Harry Winston in London's Mayfair:
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.

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26
the image had stuck with Sir Aeric:
Thom Patterson, “Overheard on CNN: New Shuttle Needs Space Plane ‘Coolness,'” CNN.com, June 8, 2012, accessed March 18, 2014,
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.

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27
a love that would never come:
Christopher Paul et al., “Paths to Victory: Detailed Insurgency Case Studies,” RAND Corporation, 2013, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR291z2.html
.

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28
civilian-style Great Wall pickups:
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.

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29
the two metallic hands:
Francie Diep, “A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand with a Sense of Touch,”
Popular Science,
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http://www.popsci.com/article/science/mind-controlled-robotic-hand-sense-touch
.

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30
“lenses of the wrong prescription”:
Emily Gold Boutilier, “Thinking the World into Motion,”
Brown Alumni Magazine,
January 2005, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://archive.today/hf0P9
.

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31 “
William Gibson's 1984 novel
Neuromancer”: Ed Cumming, “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,”
Guardian,
July 27, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/28/william-gibson-neuromancer-cyberpunk-books
. Also see
http://williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp
.

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32
the five-foot-tall spider-bot:
Lance Ulanoff, “3D-Printed Spiderbot Is Stuff of Dreams and Nightmares,” Mashable.com, July 5, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014,
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.

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33
sifting through rubble:
Dan Nosowitz, “Meet Japan's Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots,”
Popular Science,
March 11, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/six-robots-could-shape-future-earthquake-search-and-rescue
.

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34 “
What we observe”:
Werner Heisenberg, as quoted in Robert Pine,
Science and the Human Prospect
(Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1999), online edition, accessed July 15, 2014,
http://home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~pine/book1qts/chapter8qts.html
.

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35
a Type 98 bayonet knife:
Fan Zhibin, “Regiment in Bayonet Training,”
People's Daily Online,
accessed August 24, 2014,
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90786/7689290.html
.

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36
QSZ-92:
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http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=392
.

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37
Taser X26:
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.

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38
the pain pump implanted:
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.

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39 “
kinda like how a magician uses mirrors”:
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http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=69
.

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40 “
It's a float vest”:
Matthew Cox, “Navy Upgrading Its Aircrew Survival Vest,”
Kit Up
(blog), Military.com,
December 20, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://kitup.military.com/2013/12/navy-upgrading-aircrew-survival.html
.

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41
corner of Queen and Ward:
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.

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42
Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza:
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.

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43 “
make the fun of the
Orzel”: “ORP
Orzel,
” Polish navy, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.navy.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=orzel
.

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44 “
ten B-eighty-three one-point-two-megaton nuclear bombs”:
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http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5708
.

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45
companies' own generators as weapons:
Michael Swearingen et al., “What You Need to Know (and Don't) About the AURORA Vulnerability,”
Power,
September 1, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.powermag.com/what-you-need-to-know-and-dont-about-the-aurora-vulnerability/?printmode=1
.

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46
arching eyebrows, a wide mustache:
Monica Nickelsburg, “A Brief History of the Guy Fawkes Mask,”
Week,
July 3, 2013,
http://theweek.com/article/index/245685/a-brief-history-of-the-guy-fawkes-mask
.

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47 “
We are Anonymous”:
Singer and Friedman,
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
, 80–84.

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48
General Atomics Avenger stealth drone:
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http://www.ga-asi.com/products/aircraft/predator_c.php
.

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49
Pupukea-Paumalu Forest Reserve:
“Kaunala Loop,” Trails.com, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGP040-047
.

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50
old Kahuku training center:
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http://www.oe3.org/training/hawaii.html
.

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51 “
Turtle Bay Resort”:
“The Resort,” Turtle Bay Resort, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.turtlebayresort.com/resort/
.

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52
Dry elastomer adhesive:
Ozgur Unver et al., “Geckobot: A Gecko-Inspired Climbing Robot Using Elastomer Adhesives,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2006, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/publications/papers/Unver-ICRA2006.pdf
.

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53 “
We did that in BUD/S”:
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http://www.sealswcc.com/navy-seals-buds-training-stages-overview.html#.U_o1C0j6L6A
.

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54
a lightweight tactical-glasses rig:
Jim Hodges, “More Control and Precision for JTACs,”
Defense News,
February 12, 2012, accessed February 22, 2012,
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120212/DEFFEAT01/302120009/More-Control-Precision-JTACs
.

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55
Zheng He:
Frank Viviano, “China's Great Armada,”
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/feature2/
.

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56
it was a battleship:
Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “Learning More About China's New Massive Warship Plan (055 Cruiser),”
Eastern Arsenal
(blog),
Popular Science,
May 1, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/army-helicopter-navy-ship
.

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57 “
their Second Expeditionary Brigade”:
Amanda Wilcox, “II MEF Reactivates 2nd MEB as Part of Restructuring Initiative,”
Jacksonville
Daily News,
November 21, 2012, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/ii-mef-reactivates-2nd-meb-as-part-of-restructuring-initiative-1.53422
.

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58 “
their Eleventh Cavalry”:
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http://www.irwin.army.mil/CommandGroupUnits/Units/11acr/Pages/default.aspx
.

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59
but toward which targets:
“Battle of Midway, 4–7 June 1942, Overview and Special Image Selection,” Naval History and Heritage Command, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm
.

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60
the Fazio-designed course:
“The Original Fazio Course at Turtle Bay,”
Turtle Bay Resort,
accessed August 24, 2014,
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.

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61 “
Gino's, New York–style”:
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http://ginospizzeriavb.com/menu.php
.

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62 “‘
Ponder and deliberate'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of War,
trans. Lionel Giles, chapter 7.

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63 “‘
The highest form of generalship'”:
Ibid., chapter 3.

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64 “‘
The good fighters of old'”:
Ibid., chapter 4.

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65 “
‘All warfare is based on deception'”:
Ibid., chapter 1.

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66 “
even if targets are not yet acquired”:
Craig L. Symonds,
The Battle of Midway
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).

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67 “‘
Never venture, never win'
”: Sun-Tzu,
The Art of War,
trans. Lionel Giles,
chapter 7.

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68
Navy's Littoral Warfare Weapon program:
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.

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69
the section designed by Arnold Palmer:
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.

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70
man-portable missile system:
David Cenciotti, “New Video Shows Deadly MANPADS Hit on Helicopter in Syria,”
The Aviationist
(blog), September 16, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/16/fn-6-hit/
; fictional weapon.

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71 “
YJ-12 cruise missiles”:
Robert Haddick, “China's Most Dangerous Missile (So Far),” WarOnTheRocks.com, July 2, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://warontherocks.com/2014/07/chinas-most-dangerous-missile-so-far/#_.

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72
J-31 Falcon Hawk:
Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “New Chinese 5th Generation Fighter Jet—J31 Performs More Flight Tests,”
Eastern Arsenal
(blog),
Popular Science,
May 22, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/new-chinese-5th-generation-fighter-jet-j31-performs-more-flight-tests
.

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73
the little harbor in Haleiwa:
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.