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259the Tallyho had originally been: “Spaceships: Virgin Galactic’s Vehicles,” Virgin Galactic, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.virgingalactic.com/overview/spaceships; fictional spaceship.
260Harry Winston in London’s Mayfair: “Harry Winston,” Bond Street Association, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.bondstreet.co.uk/shop/harry-winston/.
260the 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, http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/08/us/space-shuttle-overheard-on-cnn/index.html?hpt=hp_c2.
261a 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.
261civilian-style Great Wall pickups: “Wingle 5,” Great Wall Motors, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.gwm-global.com/wingle5.html.
265the two metallic hands: Francie Diep, “A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand with a Sense of Touch,” Popular Science, February 5, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/article/science/mind-controlled-robotic-hand-sense-touch.
266“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.
266“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.
267the 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, http://mashable.com/2013/07/05/3d-printed-spider-robot/.
267sifting 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.
269“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.
276a 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.
276QSZ-92: “NORINCO QSZ-92 (Type 92) Semi-Automatic Pistol (1998),” MilitaryFactory.com, September 2, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=392.
277Taser X26: “Taser X26 CEW,” Taser International, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.taser.com/products/law-enforcement/taser-x26-ecd.
278the pain pump implanted: “What Is a Drug Pump?,” Medtronic, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.medtronic.com/patients/chronic-pain/device/drug-pumps/what-is-it/.
279“kinda like how a magician uses mirrors”: “How Do ‘Invisibility Cloaks’ Work?,” Physics.org, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=69.
280“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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285“make the fun of the Orzel”: “ORP Orzel,” Polish navy, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.navy.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=orzel.
286“ten B-eighty-three one-point-two-megaton nuclear bombs”: “B83 Thermonuclear Bomb,” U.S. Air Force, October 15, 2008, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5708.
289companies’ 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.
289arching 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.
291“We are Anonymous”: Singer and Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, 80–84.
294General Atomics Avenger stealth drone: “Predator C Avenger UAS,” General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.ga-asi.com/products/aircraft/predator_c.php.
296Pupukea-Paumalu Forest Reserve: “Kaunala Loop,” Trails.com, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGP040-047.
296old Kahuku training center: “Hawaii Training Center,” Operating Engineers Local No. 3, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.oe3.org/training/hawaii.html.
297“Turtle Bay Resort”: “The Resort,” Turtle Bay Resort, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.turtlebayresort.com/resort/.
298Dry 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.
298“We did that in BUD/S”: “Stages Overview,” Naval Special Warfare Command, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.sealswcc.com/navy-seals-buds-training-stages-overview.html#.U_o1C0j6L6A.
299a 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.
300Zheng He: Frank Viviano, “China’s Great Armada,” National Geographic, July 2005, accessed August 24, 2014, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/feature2/.
300it 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.
302“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.
302“their Eleventh Cavalry”: “11th Armored Cavalry Regiment,” U.S. Army, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.irwin.army.mil/CommandGroupUnits/Units/11acr/Pages/default.aspx.
303but 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.
304the Fazio-designed course: “The Original Fazio Course at Turtle Bay,” Turtle Bay Resort, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.turtlebayresort.com/hawaii_golf/fazio_course/.
305“Gino’s, New York–style”: “Menu,” Gino’s Pizzeria by Maurizio, accessed August 24, 2014, http://ginospizzeriavb.com/menu.php.
307“ ‘Ponder and deliberate’ ”: Sun-Tzu, Sun Tzu on the Art of War, trans. Lionel Giles, chapter 7.
307“ ‘The highest form of generalship’ ”: Ibid., chapter 3.
307“ ‘All warfare is based on deception’ ”: Ibid., chapter 1.
308“even if targets are not yet acquired”: Craig L. Symonds, The Battle of Midway (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).
308“ ‘Never venture, never win’ ”: Sun-Tzu, Sun Tzu on the Art of War, trans. Lionel Giles, chapter 7.
310Navy’s Littoral Warfare Weapon program: “Raytheon-Led Littoral Warfare Weapons Team Demonstrates Successful Underwater Launch,” Raytheon, September 14, 2009, accessed August 24, 2014, http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1331411&highlight=.
311the section designed by Arnold Palmer: “Palmer Course,” 808Golf.com, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.808golf.com/oahu/turtle_bay_resort/Palmer_Course/images/palmer_map.jpg
312man-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.
314“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/#_.
316J-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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319M240 machine gun: “The M240 Series,” FNH USA, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/machine-guns/m240-series/.
319a 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.
320“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.
321the 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.
321the USS America: “USS America,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lha6/Pages/default.aspx#.U_pRZkj6L6A.
321San 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.
322“Aleutian Islands”: “Welcome to Shemya!,” Eareckson Air Station, accessed August 24, 2014, http://chugach-eareckson.com/.
322“ ‘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.
324joint 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/.
324almost 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.
324PL-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.
324a Russian Su-33: “Su-33,” Sukhoi, accessed August 24, 2014 http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/su33/.
325neatly 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/.
326Garmin AeroScreen: “Avionics and Safety,” Garmin, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.garmin.com/en-US/explore/intheair; fictional electronic system.
326the 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.
327the 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.
327Roscoe’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.
327desert-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.
327KC-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.
329even 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.
329tried to send the cutting-edge technology: Interview with UCAS program officer, June 2014, Washington, DC.
329proposed 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.
330the 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.
330the 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.
330the 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.
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.
332massive 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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333AIM-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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334indicator 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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337Port Coral, as it was now 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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