The Geeks of War: The Secretive Labs and Brilliant Minds Behind Tommorrow’s Warfare Technologies
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8182742870
Length
xviii+221p., Figures; Glossary; Index; 23cm.
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More often than not, the nightly news gives us the opportunity to see modern weapons in action. But what few people ever get to see is how these ever more complex and powerful weapons come to be. Phrases like "developed by the Pentagon" or a "Department of defense project" only hint at the real story -that modern weaponry and defense systems are born of technology developed in private, academic, and government labs that are light years ahead ...
