03-11-2012, 02:09 PM
Revolution In Military Affairs and Preventive Arms Control
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War and Unpredictability
As long as we have no personal knowledge of war, we cannot conceive where those difficulties lie of which so much is said, and what that genius, and those extraordinary mental powers required in a general have really to do. All appears so simple, all the requisite branches of knowledge appear so plain, all the combinations so unimportant, that, in comparison with them, the easiest problem in higher mathematics impresses us with a certain scientific dignity. But if we have seen war, all becomes intelligible; and still, after all, it is extremely difficult to describe what it is which brings about this change, to specify this invisible and completely efficient Factor. Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction, which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war
Science and Technology (S&T) - Today
Science is an dominant factor in modern society: The outcome of scientific research can strongly influence the norms and conditions of our civilization
Applications of science are beneficial to human society, but can also lead to the development of means to destroy the human civilization
„Research in physics is fascinating and deeply satisfactory. To under-stand or to discover something is a basic instinct just as well as an artistic work. It cannot be suppressed, restricted or prohibited. (...) Technology helps mankind to facilitate daily work. It gives him an tolerable and worth living existence. However, we have to be aware of the fact that technology can be misused for death and destruction and that this was and is done of the recent past in wars and terror attack.
Science, Engineering & Technology
The military sector is a major player in the commercial partnerships in gy (SET) supported by government
The military sector, esp. in the UK and USA, has a very large and disproportionate effect on SET
Current military thinking is based predominantly upon the idea of security through superiority of military force, and marginalises broader concepts of security based on social justice and environmental sustainability
Military support of emerging technology such as IuC, Biotechnology or nanotechnology is high
Revolution in Military Affairs
Revolution= a drastic change that usually occurs relatively quickly.
In History there were many technological factors (Low Tech and HighTech) which influenced warfare
A military revolution occurs “when the application of new technologies into a significant number of military systems combines with innovative operational concepts and organizational adaptation in a way that fundametally alters the character and conduct of conflict.”