''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

''What's THIS button for?''

''Declassified nuclear weapons employment manuals from the Cold War.''

Nuclear weapons employment manuals 

https://archive.org/details/NuclearWeaponsEmploymentManuals

''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

''Like a thief in the night''

''Special reconnaissance (SR) is defined as reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted by Special Forces (SF) to obtain or verify, by visual observation or other collection methods, information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of an actual or potential enemy or to secure data concerning the meteorologic, hydrographic, geographic, or demographic characteristics of a particular area. It includes target acquisition, area assessment, and poststrike reconnaissance.''

FM 31-20-5 Special Forces Reconnaissance Tactics,Techniques,& Procedures (1990)

https://archive.org/details/milmanual-fm-31-20-5-special-reconnaissance-tactics-techniques--proced

 ''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

''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

''Lately it occurs to me...
What a long strange trip it has been''

''The aim of this study was to summarize the scientific evidence on the prevalence of psychoactive substance use and on the factors associated with their intake among truck drivers.''

Psychoactive substance use by truck drivers: A systematic review. (2013)

https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3888602

''Phreak out.''

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

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

''Hide in plain sight''

''Manual prepared for the Industrial camouflage program at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York''

Industrial Camouflage Manual (Pratt Institute Camouflage Laboratory, 1942)

https://archive.org/details/industrialcamouf00wittrich

''... (T)o contain unknown lunar organisms that might endanger life on earth."

The Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) became operational in 1969, its objective was to lower the risk of ''back contamination'' by astronauts and material brought from the Moon.  NASA had not planned for that eventuality when the Apollo program was implemented, so the LRL was designed and built (in less than three years) only after public concerns about the risk of alien pathogens. 
Today it is believed that if such contamination had been present the LRL would had been unable to contain it, mainly due to the procedures used to transport and handle its subjects and specimens. Oh well.

Lunar Receiving Laboratory Project History (2004)

https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_20040200959

''More human than human.''

Mixed Reality and Human-Robot interaction (2009)

https://archive.org/details/Mixed_Reality_and_Human-Robot_Interaction

"Do not fold, spindle or mutilate"

''The history of computers - from the discovery of the abacus, through Jacquard and his use of punched cards in weaving, to the latest developments and the enormous potential for the future.''

Computers - The Machines We Think With (D.S. Halacy, 1969)

https://archive.org/details/computersmachine00dsha