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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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84 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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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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90 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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