The bickering missiles; Kevin, Shirley, Betty, Hui-ying, Ahmet and the others that made up the cluster of twenty six ship-killers, hugged the faintly radioactive hull of the Chesapeake Bay, each weapon wrapped in its own stealth field. Thinking and talking and arguing at AI speed, the missiles debated who should act as the controller. Who should have the glory of coordinating the attack, the responsibility for providing guidance, the burden of collecting realtime data about enemy defenses and analyzing the best way to defeat the multiple layers of protection around the enemy ship. And who
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