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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 28 , Issue 12 (December 1985) table of contents

Pages: 1326 - 1335

Year of Publication: 1985

ISSN:0001-0782

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David Lorge Parnas

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

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

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