Project Maven(① 项目背景：Project Maven...). By Katrina Manson(① 身份背景：Katrina Manso...). W.W. Norton(① 出版社简介：W.W. Norton ...); 416 pages; $31.99 and £23
《Project Maven》。作者：Katrina Manson。W.W. Norton出版；416页；售价31.99美元和23英镑。
THE MAVEN Smart System is perhaps the most important weapon system you have never heard of(你从未听说过). It has spotted(发现、注意到) Iranian missiles heading for(朝着…前进) Israel and rocket launchers(火箭发射器) in Yemen. It has detected(探测到、察觉) migrants(移民（尤指跨境流动的人）) crossing America’s southern border and drug boats(运毒船) in the Caribbean. On one day in 2022 it found more than 260 potential targets(潜在目标) for Ukraine.
MAVEN智能系统也许是您从未听说过的最重要的武器系统。它曾发现飞往以色列的伊朗导弹和也门的火箭发射器。它曾检测到穿越美国南部边境的移民和加勒比海的毒品船。2022年的一天，它为乌克兰找到了260多个潜在目标。
And Maven does not just sense such things: it can also co-ordinate(协调、协同) the response. It fuses together(融合、整合) different sorts of intelligence—photos, text, radio and electromagnetic pulses—and works out(计算出、得出) which plane, carrying which munitions(弹药、军火), is closest to which target. With a single click by a human, Maven can turn data into ash(将数据化为灰烬（指精确打击）). As one NATO official tells Katrina Manson, “This is the Microsoft Windows of warfighting(① 比喻含义：将Maven比作微软Win...).” It may well become to armed forces what Microsoft is to office drones(办公室职员（比喻枯燥工作的人）).
Maven不仅能感知这些目标：它还能协调响应。它融合了不同类型的情报——照片、文本、无线电和电磁脉冲——并计算出哪架飞机、携带哪种弹药、距离哪个目标最近。只需人类单击一下，Maven就能将数据化为灰烬。正如一位北约官员告诉Katrina Manson的那样：“这是作战中的微软Windows。”它很有可能成为军队的“微软Windows”，就像微软之于办公室职员一样。