The specific ARPA proposal that followed was something like a cross between the Star Wars Death Star and Terminator’s Skynet. It was a weapon, or actually several weapons, that could collect and integrate data from various radar, crunch the numbers using a computer-driven targeting system, select targets, and then send a drone-packed mother ship over Soviet lines. Once there, it would release its kamikaze drones, called guided submunitions, which would hunt down and destroy Soviet targets.
