''Togetherness''

This article,  published in the December 1960 issue of Aerospace Magazine, describes safety procedures for the correct handling of the Boeing BOMARC air defense missile during air transport. The tone of the article is unusual for such a subject -' 'As this article goes to press, the safety record of Bomarc airlifts can be summed up in four words: so far, so good. You may recall, however, the optimist who jumped off the top of a New York office building. He was heard to yell the same thing as he passed the 20th floor: so far, so good''
The writer of the article, some guy named Thomas Pynchon, quit Boeing in 1962 and went on to become a novelist of some renown.

Aerospace Safety Magazine, 12/1960, USAF

http://www.vheissu.net/bio/eng_togetherness.htm

''Fallout Chic''

The result of a research contract awarded to Rice University, Department of Architecture by the US Civil Defense agency. Five architects designed fallout shelters for industrial buildings. 

Industrial Architecture : Fallout Shelters (1963)

https://archive.org/details/industrialarchit00lacyrich

''I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines''

''The book begins with researches in robot modelling & design, in which different approaches in kinematical, dynamical and other design issues of mobile robots are discussed. Modelling is a first step in designing a new system; kinematics is the most basic study of how mechanical systems behave. In mobile robotics, we need to understand the mechanical behaviour of the robot both in order to design appropriate robots for tasks and to understand how to create control software for an instance of mobile robot hardware. This chapter presents different researches in design of various robot systems.''

Cutting Edge Robotics (2005)

https://archive.org/details/ost-engineering-cutting-edge-robotics

''In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied...''

''If we are to discuss the limitations of simulation, we must define what simulation is. The literature in the field is of limited usefulness in tying down exactly what the term describes. The more recent the document, the more likely it is that the author will quote several alternate definitions, reject them all and proceed to develop his own definition which is more general and less restricting than any of those given. The use of the term "simulation" seems to outgrow even the broadest definition. I will not attempt a precise definition, but as an alternate will suggest that the history of the development of simulation as we know it today may be a less rigorous, but more satisfying way to describe simulation. The origins of simulation are generally traced to the work of Von Neuman and Ulman in the late 1940's. They coined the term "Monte Carlo Analysis" to describe a technique whereby essentially deterministic problems, too expensive or complex to solve analytically, could be solved by treating them as stochastic problems.''

The trend in simulation (Computers and Automation- January 1968, page 44)

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_computersA_9729690

''Terminate, with extreme prejudice''

''SAIGON. - In a nondescript white concrete-block building on the outskirts of this capital city, an International Business Machines Corp. Model 1430 computer runs 24 hours a day grinding out one of this war-torn country's most valuable products: Military intelligence. The building houses one of four intelligence centers scattered around Saigon. Using automatic data processing equipment, this intelligence setup - the biggest operated by the United States outside Washington and the biggest ever used against a single enemy - is now handling a massive assortment of facts and figures aimed at winning the Vietnam war. More than 100,000 separate items are being added to the system's computerized files each month; a 60-ton haul of enemy documents seized last January is still yielding valuable information. Tens of thousands of IBM punch cards help keep tabs on the foe; they bear detailed identification of captured Communists and Vietcong suspects.''

COMPUTERIZED INTELLIGENCE NETWORK IN SOUTH VIETNAM 
Computers and Automation 1967/08 page 34

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_computersA_7199056

''Slouching towards Bethlehem''

''In presenting this paper at Bletchley Park, there is a unique opportunity to provide an assessment of the extent and limits of the electronic innovations associated with the ENIAC project (Project PX) at the University of Pennsylvania. While it is well known that John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert and other ENIAC project engineers made several basic contributions to electronic computing, this history has been grossly simplified in broad-level historical accounts. Getting a device with over 17,000 vacuum tubes to operate in an unfamiliar digital domain required a wide array of innovations. By looking at the diverse forms of knowledge embedded in the scientific and engineering practices of those who found themselves at the Moore School, it is possible to document more fully the synthesis of ideas that was coterminous with the invention of the ENIAC.''

The Circulation of Knowledge and the Origins of the ENIAC: (Or, What Was and Was Not Innovative About the American Wartime Project) Atsushi Akera 

http://ethw.org/images/b/be/Akera.pdf

''Virtual vertigo''

''This Thesis was aimed at studying the effects of time delay in the visual feedback loop of a man-machine system. A one-dimensional, step-type input, pursuit tracking experiment was developed to study these effects with transmission-type delays of zero to ten seconds. Thirty-six subjects participated in a series of tests that covered: seven different delays, two different levels of course complexity for each delay, learning, and open-loop conditions. It was found that tracking performance deteriorates non-linearly with increases in delay and that the magnitude of this performance degradation is a function of course complexity.'' 

Effects of time delay in the visual feedback loop of a human-machine system (1966)

https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19660025923

 ''Whose Shoulder are You Looking Over Anyway?''

Document leaked to the press in 2012 outlining the N.S.A.signal intelligence program.

1. "Revolutionize analysis – fundamentally shift our analytic approach from a production to a discovery bias, enriched by innovative customer/partner engagement, radically increasing operational impact across all mission domains."
2. "Fully leverage internal and external NSA partnerships to collaboratively discover targets, find their vulnerabilities, and overcome their network/communication defenses."
3. "Dynamically integrate endpoint, midpoint, industrial-enabled, and cryptanalytic capabilities to reach previously inaccessible targets in support of exploitation, cyber defense, and cyber operations."

SIGINT Strategy Document (N.S.A. 2012)

https://archive.org/details/NSA-SIGINT-Strategy

''The science of control''

                                  ''The most fundamental concept in cybernetics is that of “difference”,

                                   either that two things are recognisably different or that one thing

                                   has changed with time''

An introduction to Cybernetics (William R, Ashby,1956)

https://archive.org/details/introductiontocy00ashb

''With friends like these...''

''The main argument of the thesis is that the use of the California National Guard (CNG) in response to major emergencies has both advantages and disadvantages as a model for countries in transition, such as Ukraine. Furthermore, it argues that civil- military relations in domestic support operations (DSO) are a very important factor to consider when new democracies try to build an effective system of emergency management. The author attempts to explain why the civil authorities, specifically in the United States, request military involvement in domestic emergencies while remaining suspicious about military involvement in domestic affairs. He discusses the reasons for military involvement in disaster relief and law enforcement operations, and the considerations and constraints by which the US federal legislation authorizes and limits it. The study is based on two cases of DSO in which the CNG participated as one of the leading agencies: the 1992 Los Angeles Riots as an example of military assistance in a civil disturbance operation and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake as an example of a disaster assistance operation.''

Civil-military relations in domestic support operations-The California National Guard in Los Angeles 1992 Riots and Northridge Earthquake of 1994 (Naval Postgraduate School,1997)

https://archive.org/details/civilmilitaryrel00khom

''For Nuclear Families''

''This booklet is a brief guide to 3 basic kinds of nuclear shelter:
■ Simple shelters for short-term indoor or out-door use which can be built from materials already at
hand.
■ Shelters that can be assembled from do-it-yourself kits.
■ Permanent custom-built shelters built into the ground.''

Domestic Nuclear Shelters Technical Guidance (UK Government handbook, 1981)

https://archive.org/details/DomesticNuclearSheltersTechnicalGuidance

''Praise the Lord and Pass the Atomic Ammunition''

This must be one of  the most  far fetched things you can find on the web. It makes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, P.K. Dick and W.S. Burroughs seem sedate by comparison. Like a prequel to A Canticle for Leibowitz. Amen! 

''All ground forces operating In a nuclear environment 
must expect exposure to radiation. Chaplains must be 
spiritually and emotionally prepared for ministering to an inimaginable
number of Injured and dying people''

The Chaplain Ministery (SIC) in a Nuclear Warfare Situation (U.S. Army Chaplain Center, 1973)

https://archive.org/details/chaplainminister00park

''Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Bunko...''

''Air Force PSYOP forces support US national and military objectives through planned operations to convey information to target audiences. PSYOP provide a low-cost, high-impact method to deter adversaries and obtain the support of friendly or neutral target audiences. The effective use of PSYOP can provide asymmetrical advantages by exposing and exploiting adversaries’ resistance and psychological weaknesses to create uncertainty and ambiguity, thereby lowering their morale and will to fight and win. In combination with military operations, PSYOP can encourage popular discontent with the adversary’s leadership and degrade the enemy’s ability to conduct military operations.''

Psychological Operations (USAF, 1999)

https://archive.org/details/PsychologicalOperations_201502

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you” 

U.S. Army Surveillance Of Civilians - A Documentary Analysis (U.S. Congress, 1972)

https://archive.org/details/ArmySurveillanceOfCiviliansADocumentaryAnalysis

''Hearts and minds''

Manual published by the Central Intelligence Agency that was distributed in Nicaragua in the early 1980s.

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN GUERRILLA WARFARE (1981)

https://archive.org/details/PsychologicalOperationsInGuerrillaWarfare

''Did you hear THAT?''

Unusual Investigative Techniques (F.B.I., 1961)

https://archive.org/details/foia_FBI_Monograph-Unusual_Investigative_Techniques

''We have the technology.'' 

''The design of a highly anthropomorphic human scale robot arm for space based operations is described.''

Design of the NASA Robonaut Hand (1999)

https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_20000097045

''Hello! I see you!''

 BSTJ 50: 2 The Picturephone System:The Station:2C Video Telephone Station Set (1971)

https://archive.org/details/bstj50-2-271

''Phreak out.''

The Evolution and Special Features of Bell System Telephone Equipment Buildings (BSTJ 58: 2 1979)

https://archive.org/details/bstj58-2-427

''Auto De Fense''

A look at different types of anti protest weapons (including electrical, chemical, projectiles, sound frequency, etc.) and how to protect yourself from them. 

Excited Delirium - A protestor's guide to 'less-lethal' weaponry (2010's)

https://archive.org/details/ExcitedDelirium