Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War (9780544145979) (63 page)

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62
a manufacturing revolution:
“3D printing: Second Industrial Revolution Is Under Way,”
New Scientist,
accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.newscientist.com/special/3D-printing
.

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just spoken Klingon:
Klingon Pocket Dictionary,
Klingonska Akademien, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://klingonska.org/dict/
.

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64 “
Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects”:
“Putin Seeks to Create Russian DARPA Equivalent,”
Global Security Newswire,
June 21, 2012, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/putin-seeks-create-darpa-equivalent/
.

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65
the electronic ink used:
Jason Koebler, “This E-Tattoo Uses Conventional Chips, No Nanotech Required,”
Motherboard,
April 4, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-e-tattoo-uses-conventional-chips-no-nanotech-required
.

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Dmitri Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony:
“Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5,”
Keeping Score,
accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.pbs.org/keepingscore/shostakovich-symphony-5.html
.

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Iliahi Elementary School:
“About Iliahi
,” Iliahi Elementary School,
accessed August 20, 2014,
https://sites.google.com/a/dragons.k12.hi.us/iliahiel/
.

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community development units:
“Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs),” Department of State, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/iz/c21830.htm
; fictional unit.

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69
Directorate Z-8K assault helicopters:
“Product Information—Z8 Helicopter,” Changhe Aircraft Industries Group, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.changhe.com/english/ecpxx/ecpxx.htm
.

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70 “
It was always a risk”:
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., “Lawfare Today . . . and Tomorrow,” in
International Law and the Changing Character of War,
eds. Raul A. Pedrozo and Daria P. Wollschlaeger (Newport, RI: U.S. Naval War College, 2011), 315–25.

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The bridge was illuminated:
Heather Kelly, “San Francisco Turns a Bridge into Art with 25,000 Lights,” CNN.com, March 8, 2013, accessed August 20, 2014,
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/06/tech/innovation/bay-bridge-light-installation/
.

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The space was cavernous:
“US Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, Historic District (Moffett Field),” National Park Service, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/santaclara/usn.htm
.

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now filled Hangar One:
“Hangar 1, Shenandoah Plaza Historic District,” NASA, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/hangar1.html
.

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come up with a unique plan:
“Moffett Federal Airfield,” GlobalSecurity.org, accessed October 6, 2014,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/moffett.htm
.

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Silicon Valley:
“Major Silicon Valley Companies,” Google Maps, August 27, 2011, accessed August 21, 2014,
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203174842897863924077.0004ab7eb4bb25f971c1d&msa=0&dg=feature
.

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NASA's Ames Research Center:
“About,”
NASA,
accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/about/index.html
.

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77
Google acquired Hangar One:
Brandon Bailey, “Google to Restore Hangar One and Operate Runways at Moffett Field,”
San Jose Mercury News,
February 10, 2014, accessed August 21, 2014.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25109267/google-restore-hangar-one-and-operate-runways-at
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The NSA had cost Silicon Valley:
Danielle Kehl et al., “Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and Cybersecurity,” New America Foundation, July 29, 2014, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://oti.newamerica.net/publications/policy/surveillance_costs_the_nsas_impact_on_the_economy_internet_freedom_cybersecurity
.

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human-flesh-search-machine:
Celia Hatton, “China's Internet Vigilantes and the ‘Human Flesh Search Engine,'”
BBC News Magazine,
January 28, 2014, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25913472
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his first time on the cover:
“Brad Pitt: The Sexiest Man Alive,”
People,
November 13, 2000, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132898,00.html
.

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81 “
The old MIG welder works”:
“MIG Welding FAQs,” Lincoln Electric, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-solutions/Pages/mig-faqs-detail.aspx
.

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passed Angel Island to starboard:
“Angel Island State Park,” California Department of Parks and Recreation, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468
.

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eBay Park's pier:
“AT&T Park,” San Francisco Giants, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/
.

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Art Hodes:
Jon Pareles, “Art Hodes, a Pianist Known for the Blues in the Old Style, 88,”
New York Times,
March 6, 1993,
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/06/arts/art-hodes-a-pianist-known-for-the-blues-in-the-old-style-88.html
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ship mission center:
Jay Sego and Jim Downey, “Life at Sea Aboard DDG 1000,”
Surface Warfare,
accessed August 21, 2014,
http://surfwarmag.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/feature_ddg_1000.html
.

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“calling it Blackwater”:
August Cole, “Blackwater Vies for Jobs Beyond Guard Duty,”
Wall Street Journal,
October 15, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB119240518691958669
.

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87 “
the history of wine itself”:
Tom Standage,
A History of the World in Six Glasses
(New York: Walker, 2006).

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inside the 3-D environment:
Betsy Book, “Virtual Worlds: Today and in the Future,” BCS, March 2006, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.bcs.org/content/conwebdoc/3336
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submerged rendition of Las Ramblas:
“City Visit of Las Ramblas District in Barcelona,” Barcelona.com, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.barcelona.com/barcelona_city_guide/city_visits_of_barcelona/ramblas
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a liver shot:
Eric C. Stevens, “Analysis of the Liver Shot: Throwing and Defending,” BreakingMuscle.com, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://breakingmuscle.com/martial-arts/analysis-of-the-liver-shot-throwing-and-defending
.

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91 “
at DevGru with me”:
Brandon Webb, “DEVGRU/SEAL TEAM 6,” Sofrep.com, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://sofrep.com/devgru-seal-team-6/
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92 “
cognitive augmentation”:
Ed Boyden, “In Pursuit of Human Augmentation,”
MIT Technology Review,
September 17, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/408686/in-pursuit-of-human-augmentation/
.

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93 “
JSOC”:
“Joint Special Operations Command,” U.S. Special Operations Command, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.socom.mil/Pages/JointSpecialOperationsCommand.aspx
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“One Hundred Sixtieth helo drivers”:
“160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne),” U.S. Army, accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.soc.mil/ARSOAC/160th.html
; the Persistent Operations Group is a fictional special-mission unit.

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penthouse suite number 3:
“Moana Surfrider Room Types,”
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide,
accessed August 21, 2014,
http://www.moana-surfrider.com/roomsandsuites/roomtypes/
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AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters:
“AH-1Z Super Cobra/Viper,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 22, 2014,
http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/aircraft/ah-1z-cobra
.

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Part 4

1
the Republic of Kalaallit Nunaat:
“Greenland: Oil Fortune to Fund Independence,” United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.unric.org/en/indigenous-people/27308-greenland-oil-fortune-to-fund-independence
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massive oil fields were discovered:
“U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3049 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle,” U.S. Geological Survey 2008, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdf
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the U.S
.
Coast Guard had only one:
“USCGC
Healy
(WAGB-20),” U.S. Coast Guard, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcHealy/
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steadying a spotting scope:
Geoffrey Ingersoll, “New ‘One-Shot' Rifle Sight Could Make Snipers Deadlier Than Ever,”
Business Insider,
October 12, 2012, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-one-shot-rifle-sight-technology-does-the-aiming-for-every-sniper-2012-10
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a QBU-88 rifle:
“QBU-88,” World Guns, accessed October 6, 2014,
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/ch/qbu--e.html
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with a TrackingPoint spotter:
“What the Shooter Does,”
Tracking Point,
accessed August 23, 2014,
http://tracking-point.com/
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Hawaii's first radar defense network:
“Mount Kaala, Oahu, HI,” Radomes.org, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.radomes.org/museum/recent/KaalaAFSOahuHI.html
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Gulf of the Farallones:
“Welcome to Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary,” National Ocean Service, August 7, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://farallones.noaa.gov/
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at full EMCON A:
“Emission Control,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.navair.navy.mil/ibst/03_E3/emcon.html
.

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stealthy unmanned surface vessels:
Sandra I. Erwin, “Navy Will Deploy Swarms of Autonomous Robots to Protect Warships at Sea,”
National Defense
, October 5, 2014, accessed October 5, 2014,
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1628
.

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The American military had gotten the idea:
Ellen Nakashima and Craig Whitlock, “With Air Force's Gorgon Drone ‘We Can See Everything,'”
Washington Post,
January 2, 2011, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/01/AR2011010102690.html
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12 “
what you should fear”:
Jack Pemment, “Blame the Amygdala: The Neuroscience of Crime and Violent Behavior,”
Psychology Today,
April 5, 2013, accessed October 27, 2014,
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/blame-the-amygdala/201301/what-would-we-find-wrong-in-the-brain-serial-killer
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the way sandtiger sharks cooperated:
“Co-Operative Hunting in Sandtiger Sharks,” ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_coop_hunting.htm
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Mark 81 rocket-powered torpedo:
Eric Adams, “Supercavitating Torpedo,”
Popular Science,
June 1, 2004, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/supercavitating-torpedo
; fictional weapon.

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idea from that video game:
“Call of Duty: Ghosts,” Activision, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.callofduty.com/ghosts/home
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dehydrated roast pork and mooncakes:
Gregory Mone, “Eat Like a Taikonaut,”
Popular Science,
July 25, 2007, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.popsci.com/article/2007-07/eat-taikonaut
.

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fired an antisatellite missile:
Peter Grier, “The Flying Tomato Can,”
Air Force Magazine,
February 2009, accessed August 23, 2014,
http://www.airforcemag.com/magazinearchive/pages/2009/february%202009/0209tomato.aspx?signon=false
.

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18 “
Out of the blue”:
Steve Hammond and David Pierce, “Space Pirates,”
Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Parts 5 & 6,
1975, performed by Alice Cooper,
http://www.allmusic.com/song/space-pirates-mt0011871423
.