Software insecurity
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The Defense Science Board has recommended establishing trusted foundries to make critical hardware required for national security. The science board is worried about outsourcing and foreign influence as a good deal of code for some of the military's most sophisticated weapons, fighter aircraft and missile defense systems is written in other countries.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Test Drive: WILL A PLANNED DEFENSE SHIELD DEFEAT REAL MISSILES?
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An overview is presented on the ground-based midcourse defense system currently under development. It employs interceptors that collide directly with incoming missiles. Criticisms of the program include inadequate testing methods.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Proactive prototypes: for new tech systems, a return to competitive prototyping
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The military contractors in U.S. would compete for the development of Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program. The strategy of competetive prototyping is adapted to save expenditure on military technologies.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2008
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