Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War (9780544145979) (60 page)

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29
lingering image of CVN-80:
Thomas J. Moore, “USS
Enterprise
: Past, Present and Future,”
Navy Live
(blog), U.S. Navy, December 1, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2012/12/01/uss-enterprise-past-present-and-future/
.

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30
“Ford-class carriers taking so long”:
“Lead Ship Testing and Reliability Shortfalls Will Limit Initial Fleet Capabilities,” U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 5, 2013, accessed August 16, 2014,
http://www.gao.gov/products/gao-13-396
.

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31
“You're right that the DF-21E”:
Otto Kreisher, “China's Carrier Killer: Threat and Theatrics,”
Air Force Magazine,
December 2013, accessed December 3, 2013,
http://www.airforcemag.com/magazinearchive/pages/2013/december%202013/1213china.aspx?signon=false
.

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32
“What will it be next”:
Harry Kazianis, “Is AirSea Battle Obsolete?,”
Diplomat,
June 21, 2012, accessed March 18, 2014,
http://thediplomat.com/2012/06/is-airsea-battle-obsolete/
.

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33
“Air-Sea Battle concept”:
Jonathan W. Greenert and Norton A. Schwartz, “Air-Sea Battle,”
American Interest,
February 20, 2012, accessed February 20, 2012,
http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1212
.

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34
“a brilliant Russian scientist”:
“Pavel A. Cherenkov—Biographical,”
Nobel Lectures, Physics 1942–1962
(Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1964), cited on NobelPrize.org, accessed August 16, 2014,
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1958/cerenkov-bio.html
.

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35
“nine trillion dollars' worth of our debt”:
“The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024,” Congressional Budget Office, February 4, 2014, accessed August 16, 2014,
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45010
.

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36
“Britain's biggest trading partner”:
“The First World War: Look Back with Angst,”
Economist,
December 21, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21591853-century-there-are-uncomfortable-parallels-era-led-outbreak
.

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37
The four-engine Y-20:
Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins, “The Y-20: China Aviation Milestone Means New Power Projection,”
China Real Time
(blog),
Wall Street Journal,
January 28, 2013, accessed August 16, 2014,
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/28/the-y-20-china-aviation-milestone-means-new-power-projection/
.

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38
largest submarine and air base:
Notes from webcast lecture by Alexander Neill, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC, October 28, 2013,
http://www.iiss.org/en/events/events/archive/2013-5126/october-8493/chinas-5th-generation-leadership-7fb9
.

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Their liquid body armor's exterior:
“Case Study—Liquid Armour,” BAE Systems, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_020435/liquid-armour
.

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40
“‘On terrain from which'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of Warfare,
trans. Roger T. Ames, chapter 11.

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41
“PLA National Defense University”:
“National Defense University PLA China,”
ASEAN Regional Forum,
November 17, 2011, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://aseanregionalforum.asean.org/files/Archive/13th/9th%20ARF%20Heads%20of%20Defence%20UniversitiesCollegesInstitutions%20Meeting/NDU%20China.pdf
.

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42
“Alfred Thayer Mahan”:
“Biographies in Naval History: Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy,” U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/mahan_alfred.htm
.

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43
“‘Americans must now'” :
“The Price of Freedom: Americans at War—Spanish American War,” Smithsonian National Museum of American History, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=7
.

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44
“daring us to act”:
Bernhard Zand, “Power in the Pacific: Stronger Chinese Navy Worries Neighbors and US,”
Der Spiegel Online International,
September 14, 2012, accessed March 18, 2014,
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/strengthening-of-chinese-navy-sparks-worries-in-region-and-beyond-a-855622.html
.

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45
“However deep the water”:
Jane Cai and Verna Yu, “Xi Jinping Outlines His Vision of ‘Dream and Renaissance,'”
South China Morning Post,
March 18, 2013, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1193273/xi-jinping-outlines-his-vision-chinas-dream-and-renaissance
.

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46
“‘Those who know'”:
Sun-Tzu,
The Art of Warfare,
trans. Roger T. Ames.

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47
the 788th Regiment:
John Pike, “8341 Unit—Central Security Regiment,” FAS.org, May 22, 1998, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://fas.org/irp/world/china/pla/8341.htm
; fictional unit.

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48
“Our population demographics are not optimal”:
Andrea den Boer and Valerie M. Hudson, “The Security Risks of China's Abnormal Demographics,”
Monkey Cage
(blog),
Washington Post,
April 30, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/30/the-security-risks-of-chinas-abnormal-demographics/
.

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49
“Our trade routes”:
Sean Mirski, “How to Win a War with China,”
National Interest,
November 1, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014.
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/how-win-war-china-9346
.

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“Our need for outside energy”:
“China: Analysis,” U.S. Energy Information Administration, February 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=ch
.

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Part 2

1
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
: “Defense Intelligence Agency—About,” U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.dia.mil/About.aspx
.

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2
A compact HK G48:
“G36C—Das ultrakurze Sturmgewehr,” Heckler and Koch, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.heckler-koch.com/de/produkte/militaer/sturmgewehre/g36/g36c/produktbeschreibung.html
; fictional version.

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3
using covert radio signals:
Geoffrey Ingersoll, “The NSA Has Secretly Developed the ‘Bigfoot' of Computer Hacks,” BusinessInsider.com, January 15, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-has-the-bigfoot-of-computer-hacks-2014-1
.

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4
SIPRNet classified network:
Sharon Weinberger, “What Is SIPRNet?,”
Popular Mechanics,
December 1, 2010, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/what-is-siprnet-and-wikileaks-4085507
.

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5
air-gapped:
Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman,
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).

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6
faintly glowing metallic smart-rings:
Darren Quick, “Ring Puts the Finger on Gesture Control,”
Gizmag,
March 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.gizmag.com/logbar-smart-ring-bluetooth/31080/
.

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7
nicknamed the Eastern MIT:
“Shanghai Jiao Tong University,”
Times Higher Education
World University Rankings 2012–2013, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/institution/shanghai-jiao-tong-university
.

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8
Hainan Island incident:
“Interview with Lt. Shane Osborn, U.S. Navy,”
Frontline,
accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/china/interviews/osborn.html
.

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9
hacker militias became crucial hubs:
Singer and Friedman,
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
.

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10
China's J-20 fighter:
Feng Cao, “China Unveils More Capable Stealth Fighter Prototype,” U.S. Naval Institute, March 19, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://news.usni.org/2014/03/19/china-unveils-capable-stealth-fighter-prototype
.

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11
her circulatory system:
David Axe, “This Scientist Wants Tomorrow's Troops to Be Mutant-Powered,”
Danger Room
(blog),
Wired,
December 26, 2012,
http://www.wired.com/2012/12/andrew-herr/all/
.

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12
randomize signals:
Ryan W. Neal, “GPS Terrorism: Hackers Could Exploit Location Technology to Hijack Ships, Airplanes,”
International Business Times,
July 29, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.ibtimes.com/gps-terrorism-hackers-could-exploit-location-technology-hijack-ships-airplanes-1362937
.

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13
Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”):
“China's First Space Lab—Tiangong 1,” China.org.cn, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.china.org.cn/china/special_coverage/node_7125458.htm
.

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chemical oxygen iodine laser:
William H. Possel, “Lasers and Missile Defense: New Concepts for Space-Based and Ground-Based Laser Weapons, Occasional Paper No. 5,” Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force, July 1998, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cst/csat5.pdf
.

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converted 747 jumbo jet:
“Airborne Laser Test Bed,” Missile Defense Agency, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.mda.mil/news/gallery_altb.html
.

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16
The first target was WGS-4:
“Fact Sheet: Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS),” Los Angeles Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force, February 11, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.losangeles.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5333
.

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known as the X-37:
David Axe, “A Year Later, Mysterious Space Plane Is Still in Orbit,”
Danger Room
(blog),
Wired,
March 7, 2012, accessed March 7, 2012,
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/spaceplane-year/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WiredDangerRoom+%28Blog+-+Danger+Room%29
.

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18
Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness:
Amy Butler, “USAF Chief Outs Classified Spy Sat Program,”
Aviation Week and Space Technology,
February 21, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://aviationweek.com/defense/usaf-space-chief-outs-classified-spy-sat-program
.

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Ultra High Frequency Follow-On:
“Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UFO),” Program
Executive Office Space Systems, U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/PEOSpaceSystems/ProductsServices/Pages/UHFGraphics.aspx
.

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20
sipped his awful coffee:
“Don't Wash That Coffee Mug,” Naval Historical Foundation, November 25, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014,
http://www.navyhistory.org/2013/11/dont-wash-that-coffee-mug/
.

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21 “
Deploy REMUS”:
“Autonomous Underwater Vehicle—Remus 100,” Kongsberg Maritime, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/D241A2C835DF40B0C12574AB003EA6AB?OpenDocument
.

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22
The handheld video-game-style controller:
Jacqui Barker, “Navy PCD Designs UxV Controllers with Users in Mind,” Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, March 16, 2012, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=65928
.

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23
submitted the required DNA:
Axe, “This Scientist Wants Tomorrow's Troops.”

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24
They had said Tokyo was big:
Visible Earth catalog, “Tokyo at Night,” NASA, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=8683
.

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25
Major Alexei Denisov's MiG-35K:
“Products—Military Programs: MiG 35/MiG-35D,” MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.migavia.ru/eng/military_e/MiG_35_e.htm
.

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26
launched from the
Admiral Kuznetsov: Ben Farmer, “Russian Carrier Sails into the English Channel,”
UK Telegraph,
May 8, 2014, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10816463/Russian-aircraft-carrier-sails-into-English-Channel.html
.

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27
The Patriot IV missile batteries:
“Patriot,” Raytheon, accessed August 17, 2014,
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/patriot/
; fictional version.