Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War (9780544145979) (66 page)

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using a cuff on his forearm:
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Rolling Airframe missiles:
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Soar Dragon:
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better lift-to-drag ratio:
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130 “‘
Prize the quick victory'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of Warfare,
trans.
Roger T. Ames, chapter 2.

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The
Shanghai: Jeffrey Lin and P. W. Singer, “Is This a Model of China's Next Aircraft Carrier?,”
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the
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“command protocol Divine Wind”:
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Diamond 360 maneuver:
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PL-12 air-to-air missile:
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136 “‘
Pretend to be weak'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of War,
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Epilogue

1
William Walker, “Absent Friends”:
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http://www.raf.mod.uk/stclementdanes/news/index.cfm?storyid=B1ADDBB7-5056-A318-A81624170C45F8D8
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2
Her head began to pound:
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strutting around the Alpha Group compound:
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