Weapons: The Growth & Spread of the Precision-Strike Regime

For two decades, scholars and practitioners have argued that the world is experiencing a Revolution in Military Affairs brought on by the development and diffusion of precision-strike and related capabilities. The United States took an early lead in exploiting the promise of precision-strike systems...

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Veröffentlicht in:Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Jg. 140; H. 3; S. 45 - 57
1. Verfasser: Mahnken, Thomas G.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA The MIT Press 22.06.2011
MIT Press
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Schlagworte:
Aerial bombing
Armament
Armed forces
Conflict theory
High technology
Innovations
Military defense
Military history
Military intervention
Military policy
Military revolution
Military tactics
Military technology
Naval warfare
Non-state actors
Political revolutions
Precision guided munitions
Revolutions
Technology application
U.S.A
Unmanned aerial vehicles
War
Warfare
Weapons
World War II
World wars
United States
United States > US
ISSN:0011-5266, 1548-6192
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Zusammenfassung:For two decades, scholars and practitioners have argued that the world is experiencing a Revolution in Military Affairs brought on by the development and diffusion of precision-strike and related capabilities. The United States took an early lead in exploiting the promise of precision-strike systems, and the use of precision weaponry has given the United States a battlefield edge for twenty years. However, these weapons are now spreading: other countries, and non-state actors, are acquiring them and developing countermeasures against them. As the precision-strike regime matures, the United States will see its edge erode. The ability of the United States to project power will diminish considerably. In addition, U.S. forces, and eventually the United States itself, will be increasingly vulnerable to precision weapons in the hands of our adversaries.
Bibliographie:Summer, 2011
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ISSN:0011-5266
1548-6192
DOI:10.1162/DAED_a_00097