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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

One OSRD project – the Manhattan Project – the development of the atomic bomb – was so secret and important that it was spun off as a separate program. The offset strategy was smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth using silicon chips, electronics and computers that only the U.S. After the war the U.S. The Gulf Wars.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

He was constantly looking at the multiple lines on the ALR-20 display and could see the Soviet radar order of battle: ground to air communications, what radars were around (search, acquisition, tracking, etc.), All of this designed to make the plane if not invisible to Soviet radar, at least really difficult to lock onto and shoot down.

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. Try searching for some of his letters on the subject. The 1970’s and ‘80’s were the endgame of the cold war, and the U.S. These technologies which allowed the U.S.