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Software aspects of strategic defense systems

Published:01 December 1985Publication History
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A former member of the SDIO Panel on Computing in Support of Battle Management explains why he believes the “Star Wars” effort will not achieve its stated goals.

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  1. 1 Reprinted by permission of American Scientist. Journal of Sigma Xi: Software Aspects of Strategic Defense Systems. David Large Parnas. Vol. 73. No. 5. pp. 432-440Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 28, Issue 12
          Dec. 1985
          68 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/214956
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