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324 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.

324 PL-21D: Wendell Minnick, “China Developing Counterstealth Weapons,” Defense News, January 31, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.defensenews.com/article/20110131/DEFFEAT04/101310315/China-Developing-Counterstealth-Weapons.

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325 neatly arrayed in a line: Wendell Minnick, “Is China’s J-31 Stealth Fighter Going Navy All the Way?” Intercepts (blog), Defense News, January 31, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014, http://intercepts.defensenews.com/2013/01/is-chinas-j-31-fighter-going-navy-all-the-way/.

326 Garmin AeroScreen: “Avionics and Safety,” Garmin, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.garmin.com/en-US/explore/intheair; fictional electronic system.

326 the F-15C: “F-15 Eagle Fact Sheet,” U.S. Air Force, March 14, 2005, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104501/f-15-eagle.aspx.

327 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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329 even a World War I pilot would laugh at: Robert Valdes, “How the Predator UAV Works,” How Stuff Works, accessed August 25, 2014, http://science.howstuffworks.com/predator1.htm. See also Singer, Wired for War.

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329 proposed by a maverick colonel: Michael W. Pietrucha, “The Next Lightweight Fighter,” Air and Space Power Journal (July/August 2013), accessed August 14, 2014, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2014/2014-2/2014_2_02_pietrucha_s_eng.pdf.

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334 indicator approaching Vmax: Richard Sheffield, The Official F-15 Strike Handbook, FlightSimBooks.com, accessed October 11, 2014, http://www.flightsimbooks.com/f15strikeeagle/03_02_Air_Combat-Related_Aerodynamics.php.

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