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14 “either of the Big Two firms”: Sandra Irwin, “Consolidation of Top Pentagon Contractors Only a Matter of Time,” National Defense, April 27, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=7c996cd7-cbb4-4018-baf8-8825eada7aa2&ID=1489.
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16 “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”: “Famous Navy Quotes: Who Said Them and When,” Naval Heritage and History Command, U.S. Navy, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia02.htm.
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17 fifty times less visible to radar: Clay Dillow, “The Most Technologically Advanced Warship Ever Built,” Popular Science, October 16, 2012, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-08/ocean-power.
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20 seven billion dollars each: “Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) Summary Tables,” Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, December 2013, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.acq.osd.mil/ara/sar/SST-2013-12.pdf.
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22 four IEDs detonated: Peter W. Singer, “The Evolution of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs),” Armed Forces Journal, February 2012, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2012/02/improvised-explosive-devices-singer.
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23 flash-bang grenade: Marshall Brain, “How Flashbang Grenades (AKA Percussion Grenades or Stun Grenades) Work,” How Stuff Works, February 23, 2011, accessed August 20, 2014, http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/brainstuff/how-flashbang-grenades-aka-percussion-grenades-work/.
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25 a train of iRobot Majordomos: “Robots for Defense and Security,” iRobot, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.irobot.com/us/learn/defense.aspx; fictional robot.
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27 “low-level Cherenkov rays”: John Millis, “Cherenkov Radiation: The Physics of Gamma-Ray Astronomy,” About.com, accessed January 5, 2013, http://space.about.com/od/astronomytools/a/Cherenkov-Radiation.htm.
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31 “the vertical launch cells”: Kris Osborn, “Navy Upgrades Vertical Launch Systems,” DefenseTech.org, July 2, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014, http://defensetech.org/2014/07/02/navy-upgrades-vertical-launch-systems/.
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32 Known as the Metal Storm: Tyler Rogoway, “The Seven Deadliest Naval Close-In Weapon Systems,” Foxtrot Alpha (blog), Jalopnik.com, April 27, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014, http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-seven-deadliest-naval-close-in-weapon-systems-1568291678.
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34 rail gun represented a break point: Spencer Ackerman, “Video: Navy Fires Off Its New Weaponized Railgun,” Danger Room (blog), Wired, February 28, 2012, accessed August 20, 2014, http://www.wired.com/2012/02/railgun-real-gun/?utm _source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+WiredDangerRoom+%2528Blog+-+Danger+Room%2529.
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