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== Further reading == Gattuso, James (25 January 1990). "Brilliant Pebbles: The Revolutionary Idea for Strategic Defense". The Heritage Foundation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Space Based Missile Interceptor Sizing Methodology, has a detailed examination of the weight and performance tradeoffs inherent to any kinetic-kill vehicle. Suggests that empty weight was around 20 kg and all-up weight including the life jacket was about 1850 kg. Based on this, they estimate the total cost of a fleet of 2600 pebbles would be $76 billion.