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Throughout history scientists and engineers have contributed to the military strength and ultimate security of their societies through the development of new technologies for warfare. And throughout history the military and the governmental leaders have called on scientists and engineers to help devise the means to counter or neutralize the technologies developed by adversaries as a threat to their national security.
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Drell, S.D. (1999). Physics and U.S. National Security. In: Bederson, B. (eds) More Things in Heaven and Earth. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1512-7_52
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