Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War (9780544145979) (65 page)

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74
^“
Helemano Stream”:
“Helemano Stream,” Google Maps, accessed August 24, 2014,
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Helemano+Stream,+Haleiwa,+HI/@21.5833329,-158.1088889,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x7c005f318cae17b5:0x3e9ad372b4590a58
.

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75
M240 machine gun:
“The M240 Series,” FNH USA, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/machine-guns/m240-series/
.

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76
a Javelin shoulder-fired rocket:
“FGM-148 Javelin,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/weapons/javelin-law-at-4-smaw-tow
.

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77
“it's something else”:
Louis Palazzo, “The Jtac Fixation,”
Marine Corps Gazette,
May 2012, accessed August 24, 2014,
https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/article/jtac-fixation-taking-blinders
.

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78
the USS
Port Royal: “USS
Port Royal,
” U.S. Navy, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cg73/Pages/default.aspx#.U_pRJ0j6L6A
.

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the USS
America: “USS
America,
” U.S. Navy, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lha6/Pages/default.aspx#.U_pRZkj6L6A
.

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80 San Antonio
– and
Austin
-class landing ships:
“Amphibious Transport Dock—LPD,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=600&ct=4
.

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81
“Aleutian Islands”:
“Welcome to Shemya!,” Eareckson Air Station, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://chugach-eareckson.com/
.

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82 “‘
the principle of calculated risk'”:
“C in C, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Letter of Instructions, May 28, 1942,” Midway1942.org, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.midway1942.org/docs/usn_doc_24.shtml
. The text of Task Force Longboard's orders was taken from the
Nimitz
orders at the Battle of Midway.

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83
joint dual-role air dominance missiles:
Zach Rosenberg, “USAF Cancels AMRAAM Replacement,”
Flight Global,
February 14, 2012, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-cancels-amraam-replacement-368249/
.

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almost her jet's twins:
Craig Scanlan, “Chinese Spies Steal F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Data from BAE Systems,” Asia Security Watch, March 12, 2012, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://asw.newpacificinstitute.org/?p=10596
.

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85
PL-21D:
Wendell Minnick, “China Developing Counterstealth Weapons,”
Defense News,
January 31, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20110131/DEFFEAT04/101310315/China-Developing-Counterstealth-Weapons
.

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a Russian Su-33:
“Su-33,” Sukhoi, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/su33/
.

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neatly arrayed in a line:
Wendell Minnick, “Is China's J-31 Stealth Fighter Going Navy All the Way?,”
Intercepts
(blog),
Defense News,
January 31, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://intercepts.defensenews.com/2013/01/is-chinas-j-31-fighter-going-navy-all-the-way/
.

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88
Garmin AeroScreen:
“Avionics and Safety,” Garmin, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.garmin.com/en-US/explore/intheair
; fictional electronic system.

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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
.

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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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Roscoe's jet:
Jon Harper, “Air Force to Eliminate Nearly 500 Aircraft in 25 States, D.C., and Overseas,”
Stars and Stripes,
March 11, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014,
http://www.stripes.com/news/air-force-to-eliminate-nearly-500-aircraft-in-25-states-d-c-and-overseas-1.272304
.

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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
.

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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
.

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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.

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tried to send the cutting-edge technology:
Interview with UCAS program officer, June 2014, Washington, DC.

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proposed by a maverick colonel:
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
.

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“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
.

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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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99
the main U.S. Army Air Corps base at Wheeler airfield:
“Wheeler Field,” Hawaii Aviation, accessed November 5, 2014,
http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-airfields-airports/oahu-pre-world-war-ii/wheeler-field
.

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“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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massive C-5 Galaxies:
“C-5 A/B/C Galaxy and C-5M Super Galaxy,” U.S. Air Force, May 15, 2006, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104492/c-5-abc-galaxy-c-5m-super-galaxy.aspx
.

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C-141 Starlifters:
“Lockheed C-141C Starlifter ‘Hanoi Taxi,'” U.S. Air Force, July 2, 2014, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3981
.

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modern C-17 Globemasters:
“C-17 Globemaster III,” U.S. Air Force, October 27, 2004, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104523/c-17-globemaster-iii.aspx
.

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Stryker mobile-gun systems:
“Stryker MGS,” General Dynamics, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.gdls.com/index.php/products/stryker-family/stryker-mgs
.

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form polyurethane polymer concrete:
“Polymer Concrete and Ucrete,” Prime Polymers, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.primepolymers.com/polymer-concrete-ucrete.php
.

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AIM-120E AMRAAM air-to-air missiles:
“AIM-120 AMRAAM,” U.S. Air Force, 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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leaving his attacker behind:
Richard G. Sheffield, “Chapter 2: The Airplane,”
Jet Fighter School,
FlightSimBooks.com, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.flightsimbooks.com/jfs/page13.php
.

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indicator approaching
the plane's:
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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ability to shoot down ballistic missiles:
John D. Gresham, “Navy Area Ballistic Missile Defense: Coming On Fast,”
Proceedings,
January 1999, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1999-01/navy-area-ballistic-missile-defense-coming-fast
.

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110 Port Coral,
as it became known, didn't sink:
Sam LaGrone, “Navy Changes Assessment on
Port Royal
Damage,”
U.S
.
Naval Institute News,
July 18, 2013, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://news.usni.org/2013/07/18/navy-changes-assessment-on-port-royal-damage
.

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A wave of RIM-162 Evolved Seasparrow:
“Seasparrow Missile (RIM-7),” U.S. Navy, November 19, 2013, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=900&ct=2
.

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112 “
USS
Utah”: “USS
Utah
(Battleship # 31, later BB-31 and AG-16), 1911–1941—Overview and Special Image Selection,” U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, April 18, 2007, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-u/bb31.htm
.

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the solid-state, high-energy laser:
“Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation Program,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Center/Fact-Sheets/Solid-State-Laser-Technology-Maturation-Program.aspx
.

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the USS
New York: “About,” USSNewYork.com, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.ussnewyork.com/ussny_about.html
.

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115 “
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
.

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116 “
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).

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117 “
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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118 Sovremenny
-class anti-surface destroyers:
“Hangzhou Type 956 Sov-Sovremenny,” GlobalSecurity.org, May 9, 2012, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/haizhou.htm
.

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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
.

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120 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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Naval Strike Missile:
“Naval Strike Missile—NSM,” Kongsberg, accessed August 25, 2014,
http://www.kongsberg.com/en/kds/products/missilesystems/navalstrikemissile/
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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
.

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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
.

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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.

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125 “‘
If one is not fully'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of Warfare,
trans.
Roger T. Ames, chapter 2.