Текст книги "Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War"

Автор книги: P. Singer

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viii He reached down for his: John Bishop, “HEXPANDO Expanding Head for Fastener-Retention Hexagonal Wrench,” NASA Tech Briefs, August 1, 2011, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/10720.

ix cloud of smog stretching from Beijing: Global Bearings, NASA image, December 12, 2013, accessed December 12, 2013, https://twitter.com/Global_Bearings/status/411174216596074498/photo/1.

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3 The screens inside the Jiaolong-3: “Manned Sub Jiaolong Completes Deep-Sea Dive,” CCTV.com, June 17, 2013, accessed August 16, 2014, http://english.cntv.cn/20130617/106712.shtml.

3 deep below the COMRA: Qian Wang, “China Bids for Rights to Search Seabed,” China Daily, September 6, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/06/content_15737233.htm.

4 Tianjin University developed the submersible: Phil Muncaster, “China Seeks ‘Oceanauts’ for Deep Sea Exploration,” TheRegister.co.uk, December 24, 2012, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/24/china_ocean_exploration_plans/.

5 P-8 Poseidon’s recent engine upgrades: “P-8 Poseidon,” U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, February 2014, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&key=CFD01141-CD4E-4DB8-A6B2-7E8FBFB31B86.

7 “U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone”: “Ocean Facts: What Is the EEZ?” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed August 19, 2014, http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/eez.html.

7 “as designated by the Mariana Trench”: Dan Vergano, “Bush to Make Pacific’s Mariana Trench a National Monument,” USA Today, January 6, 2009, accessed March 14, 2013, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-01-05-mariana-trench_N.htm.

7 “drop a Remora”: “Remora – Fast Reconnaissance AUV,” L-3 Ocean Systems, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.l-3mps.com/oceansystems/remora.aspx.

9 viz glasses: Chris Smith, “2020 Vision: The Future of Google Glass,” TechRadar, October 19, 2013, accessed February 22, 2014, http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/2020-vision-the-future-of-google-glass-1190832.

10 “stuck in the Ghost Fleet”: “National Defense Reserve Fleet,” U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.marad.dot.gov/ships_shipping_landing_page/national_security/ship_operations/national_defense_reserve_fleet/national_defense_reserve_fleet.htm.

10 Aegis cruiser: “The U.S. Navy – Fact File: Aegis Weapon System,” U.S. Navy, November 22, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2100&tid=200&ct=2.

10 “something like five hundred ships”: Craig Miller, “Suisun Bay ‘Ghost Fleet’ a Shadow of Its Former Self,” KQED Science (blog), November 25, 2013, accessed August 16, 2014, blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/11/25/suisun-bay-ghost-fleet-a-shadow-of-its-former-self/

11 “DD(X) is what they”: “Navy Designates Next-Generation Zumwalt Destroyer,” U.S. Navy, April 7, 2006, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=23064.

11 “Navy was going to build”: “Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget,” U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 31, 2008, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-804.

12 the USS Coronado’s wardroom: “Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/pages/LittoralCombatShips.aspx#.U-_P_Ej6L6A.

12 remote-piloted MQ-8 Fire Scout: “MQ-8 Fire Scout,” U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&key=8250AFBA-DF2B-4999-9EF3-0B0E46144D03.

13 where a pirate attack: Marex, “Petro-Pirates Plague Busy Shipping Lanes,” Maritime Executive, July 9, 2014, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/PetroPirates-Plague-Busy-Shipping-Lanes-2014-07-09.

13 “More than half of the world’s shipping”: “World Oil Transit Chokepoints,” U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 12, 2012, accessed August 16, 2014, http://www.eia.gov/countries/regions-topics.cfm?fips=wotc&trk=p3.

13 ever since Chinese special operations forces: Dean Cheng, “The Chinese People’s Liberation Army and Special Operations,” Special Warfare 25, no. 3 (July – September 2012), accessed March 18, 2014, http://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/10629.

14 renminbi, the Chinese currency: Xinhua, “RMB to Be Global Reserve Currency by 2030: Economist,” China Daily, April 9, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-04/09/content_17420923.htm.

14 “sail with our own oil”: Mark Thompson, “U.S. to Become Biggest Oil Producer – IEA,” CNN, November 12, 2012, accessed November 12, 2012, http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/12/news/economy/us-oil-production-energy/index.html?iid=HP_LN&hpt=hp_c2.

14 “heightening regional tensions”: CNN wire staff, “Obama Announces WTO Case Against China over Rare Earths,” CNN, March 13, 2012, accessed March 14, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/13/world/asia/china-rare-earths-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.

15 “depend on rare-earth materials”: “What Are the Rare Earths?” Ames Lab, U.S. Department of Energy, accessed August 19, 2014, https://www.ameslab.gov/dmse/rem/what-are-rare-earths.

15 “Their big mistake”: Edward Wong, “China’s Communist Party Chief Acts to Bolster Military,” New York Times, December 14, 2012, accessed December 14, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world/asia/chinas-xi-jinping-acts-to-bolster-military.html.

15 “just like back in ’89”: Jeffrey T. Richelson and Michael L. Evans, “Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History,” National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 16, National Security Archive, George Washington University, June 1, 1999, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/.

15 “saw the problem differently than they did”: Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield, “China’s Military Seeks More Sway, Worrying Communist Party,” New York Times, August 7, 2012, accessed March 18, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/world/asia/chinas-military-seeks-more-sway-worrying-communist-party.html.

15 “those ‘little princes’ ”: Cheng Li, “Rule of the Princelings,” Cairo Review of Global Affairs, February 10, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=295.

16 British trading routes: “First World War: A Global View,” UK National Archives, accessed August 25, 2014, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/a-global-view/#.

16 “Some say we’re fighting”: Wang Jisi and Kenneth G. Lieberthal, “Addressing U.S.-China Strategic Distrust,” Brookings Institution, March 30, 2012, accessed March 14, 2014, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/30-us-china-lieberthal.

16 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/.

16 “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.

16 “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.

17 “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/.

17 “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.

21 “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.

22 “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.

22 “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.

24 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/.

25 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.

27 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.

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

28 “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.

29 “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.

29 “ ‘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.

30 “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.

30 “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.

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

32 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.

32 “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/.

32 “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.

32 “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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37 Defense Intelligence Agency: “Defense Intelligence Agency – About,” U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.dia.mil/About.aspx.

38 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.

38 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.

39 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.

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

39 three 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/.

39 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.

39 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.

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

40 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.

41 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/.

42 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.

43 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.

44 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.

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

45 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.

46 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.

46 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.

47 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.

48 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/.

49 “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.

49 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.

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

51 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.

51 Major Alexei Denisov’s MiG-35: “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.

51 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.

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

53 RIMPAC war games: Sam LaGrone, “China Sends Uninvited Spy Ship to RIMPAC,” U.S. Naval Institute News, July 18, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://news.usni.org/2014/07/18/china-sends-uninvited-spy-ship-rimpac.

53 a volley of Sokols (Falcons): Randy Jackson, “CHAMP – Lights Out,” Boeing, October 30, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/10/bds_champ_10_22_12.html; fictional weapon.

53 RBK-500 cluster bombs: “RBK Cluster Bomb Family,” HarpoonDatabases.com, accessed August 26, 2014, http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry2809.aspx.

53 F-35A Lightning II: “F-35 Fast Facts,” Lockheed Martin, accessed August 19, 2014, https://www.f35.com/about/fast-facts.

54 the $8.6 billion tab to relocate the Marines: Travis J. Tritten, “Cost to Relocate Marines a Moving Target,” Stars and Stripes, May 15, 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/okinawa/cost-to-relocate-marines-off-okinawa-a-moving-target-1.177261.

56 Chinese companies that ran the Panama Canal Zone: “The Panama Canal: Now for the Next 100 Years,” Economist, August 16, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21612185-it-was-good-investment-america-now-china-has-its-eye-canal-now-next-100.

58 “closed rebreather unit”: “Military Diving,” Dräger, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.draeger.com/Sites/enus_us/Pages/Federal-Government/Military-Diving.aspx.

58 Joint Chiefs and the president: Marine Corps order 3504.2, June 8, 2007, http://www.mcieast.marines.mil/Portals/33/Documents/Adjutant/SAPR_MCO%203504.2%20OPREP%203%20Reporting[1].pdf.

59 USS Abraham Lincoln: “USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.lincoln.navy.mil/.

59 roll-on, roll-off ship: “Deepsea RO/RO Shipping: Operators, Ships and Trades,” Dynamar BV, March 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, https://www.dynamar.com/system/table_of_contents/125/original/DEEPSEA%20RORO%20Contents%20Overview.pdf.

62 to still have an outdoor wedding: “Kanye: A Paparazzi Drone Could Electrocute My Daughter,” FoxNews.com, August 8, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/08/kanye-drone-could-electrocute-my-daughter/.

62 electric V1000 drone: Fictional drone.

62 a symbolic act of bravery: Julie Makinen, “Tiananmen Square Mystery: Who Was Tank Man?” LA Times, June 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-tiananmen-square-tank-man-20140603-story.html.

63 located on the Mokapu Peninsula: “Marine Corps Base Hawaii,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.mcbhawaii.marines.mil/.

64 over forty thousand pounds of thrust: “The F-35B: First Descent,” Lockheed Martin, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/f35b.html.

65 Moana Surfrider hotel: “Moana Surfrider,” Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.moana-surfrider.com.

65 USS Gabrielle Giffords: “Keel Laid for Future USS Gabrielle Giffords,” Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships, U.S. Navy, April 16, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80409.

66 USS Pinckney: “USS Pinckney (DDG 91),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg91/Pages/default.aspx#.U_QZHkj6L6B.

66 firing an M249 machine gun: “The M249 Series,” FNH USA, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/machine-guns/m249-series/.

67 SAFFiRs (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robots): “Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR),” Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Media-Center/Fact-Sheets/Shipboard-Robot-Saffir.aspx.

67 PGZ-07 antiaircraft vehicle: “Air Defense Regiment Equipped with 35 mm Double Loading Anti-Aircraft Gun,” People’s Daily Online, February 13, 2013, accessed August 26, 2014, http://english.people.com.cn/90786/8128497.html.

67 The ship’s 57 mm Mk 110 cannon: “57MK3 (57MM MK110), Naval Gun,” BAE Systems, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.baesystems.com/product/BAES_020040/57mk3-57mm-mk110-naval-gun?_afrLoop=449462026735000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=llgqyxgjh_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3DWiJ3c7DG%26_afrLoop%3D449462026735000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dllgqyxgjh_4.

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70 The AN/AAQ-37 electro-optical distributed aperture system: “AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35,” Northrop Grumman, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.northropgrumman.com/capabilities/anaaq37f35/pages/default.aspx.

70 the MV-22’s massive engine: “MV-22 Osprey,” Naval Air Systems Command, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.displayPlatform&key=60296EB4-9CAC-403A-BA7A-6A8D96DA9B53.

71 H-250 phased array: John C. Wise, “PLA Air Defence Radars,” Air Power Australia, last updated April 2012, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-PLA-IADS-Radars.html.

72 Type 99 tanks: Martin Andrew, “Type 96 and Type 99 Main Battle Tanks,” Air Power Australia, September 2009, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-PLA-Type-96-99.html.

72 Airbus A380s: “A380 Family,” Airbus, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/.

72 the U.S. military’s Pacific Command: “About USPACOM,” U.S. Pacific Command, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.pacom.mil/.

72 Chinese-made Z-10 attack helicopter: Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “Army Helicopter, Navy Ship,” Eastern Arsenal (blog), Popular Science, April 4, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/army-helicopter-navy-ship.

73 A Type 93A submarine: Jeffrey Lin and Peter W. Singer, “New Chinese 039C Submarine Doesn’t Need to Come Up for Air… in Several Weeks,” Eastern Arsenal (blog), Popular Science, April 15, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/new-chinese-039c-submarine-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-come-air%E2%80%A6-several-weeks.

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74 “releasing Mark Fifty-Four”: “United States Navy Fact File: MK 54 – Torpedo,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2100&tid=1100&ct=2.

74 RIM-161 SM-3 missiles: “Standard Missile–3,” Raytheon, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/sm-3/.

75 “Update from the Stockdale’s ATHENA”: “USS Stockdale,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg106/Pages/WelcomeAboard.aspx#.U_Qx5Uj6L6A.

77 AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda system: Dave Majumdar, “F-35 as ISR Collector,” Defense News, November 1, 2010, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.defensenews.com/article/20101101/C4ISR02/11010309/F-35-ISR-collector.

78 not even a tiny percentage could be tested: John Villasenor, “Compromised by Design? Securing the Defense Electronics Supply Chain,” Brookings Institution, November 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2013/11/4%20securing%20electronics%20supply%20chain%20against%20intentionally%20compromised%20hardware%20villasenor/villasenor_hw_security_nov7.pdf.

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79 Fifteenth Marine Expeditionary Unit: “15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.15thmeu.marines.mil/.

79 the Arizona memorial: “USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,” U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command, accessed August 26, 2014, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb39-v.htm.

80 USS Lake Erie: “USS Lake Erie (CG 70),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cg70/Pages/default.aspx#.U_Q-3Uj6L6A.

81 modafinil for endurance: Peter Rubin, “Superhuman Performance Enhancers You Can Find Online,” Wired, December 20, 2012, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-12/20/performance-enhancers.

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85 so many boys and so few girls: Louisa Lim, “China Demographic Crisis: Too Many Boys, Elderly,” NPR.org, April 14, 2008, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89572563.

85 Duke’s Bar: “Duke’s Waikiki,” TS Restaurants, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.dukeswaikiki.com/.

88 what had happened to the Japanese Americans: “Teaching with Documents: Documents and Photographs Related to Japanese Relocation During World War II,” National Archives, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation/.

89 “major cause of degradation”: Barry Thaler, “Affordable Switches for Pulsed Power Systems,” Empfasis, January 2007, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.empf.org/empfasis/2007/Jan07/january%202007%20empfasis.pdf.

90 officer’s quarters in Fort Mason: “Fort Mason,” Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/park-sites/fort-mason.html.

94 Mark VI patrol boats: Valerie Insinna, “Navy Receives First New Patrol Boat,” National Defense, November 2014, accessed October 21, 2014, http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2014/November/Pages/NavyReceivesFirstNewPatrolBoat.aspx.

95 “they sunk the Ford”: Tom Moore, “CVN-78: A True Leap Ahead for the Navy and Naval Aviation,” Navy Live (blog), U.S. Navy, July 9, 2013, accessed August 19, 2014, http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/07/09/cvn-78-a-true-leap-ahead-for-the-navy-and-naval-aviation/.

95 “and the Vinson”: “USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70),” U.S. Navy, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.cvn70.navy.mil/.

95 “Only the boomers”: “Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines – SSBN,” U.S. Navy, August 14, 2014, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=200&ct=4.

97 “fight this war as a contractor”: Peter W. Singer, Corporate Warriors (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003).

97 “I live in lonely desolation”: Aleksandr Pushkin, “I Have Outlasted All Desire,” 1821.

101 wartime orphans “the Lost Boys”: “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” International Rescue Committee, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.rescue.org/lost-boys-sudan.

101 “principal deputy undersecretary of defense”: “ACQWeb: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics,” Department of Defense, accessed August 19, 2014, http://www.acq.osd.mil/.

102 “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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106 “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.

107 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.

107 wave-piercing tumblehome hull: Jim Downey, “Presentation by DDG 1000 Program Manager to the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE): DDG 1000,” American Society of Naval Engineers, April 17, 2013, accessed August 20, 2014, https://www.navalengineers.org/flagship/meetings/Documents/Downey_DDG1000_4-17-13.pdf.