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The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) |
ISBN | : OCLC:44371854 |
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REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT SHORT OF WAR
Author | : Steven Metz |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1379666069 |
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The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War
Author | : Steven Metz,James Kievit |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2013-01-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1482091046 |
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Many American strategic thinkers believe that we are in the beginning stages of a historical revolution in military affairs (RMA) . This will not only change the nature of warfare, but also alter the global geopolitical balance. To date, most attention has fallen on the opportunities provided by the RMA rather than its risks, costs, and unintended consequences. In the arena of conflict short of war, these risks, costs, and unintended consequences may outweigh the potential benefits. The Strategic Context. The Cold War notion of conflict short of war is obsolete.Politically and militarily, the Third World of the future will be full of danger. The future will most likely be dominated by peace enforcement in failed states, new forms of insurgency and terrorism, and "gray area phenomena." Many if not most Third World states will fragment into smaller units. Ungovernability and instability will be the norm with power dispersed among warlords, primal militias, and well-organized politico-criminal organizations. U.S. policy in the Third World is likely to be more selective and the U.S. homeland may no longer provide sanctuary. Renewed external support will restore the lagging proficiency of insurgents and terrorists. The Application of Emerging Technology. Emerging technology will have less impact on conflict short of war than on conventional, combined-arms warfare. It will, however, have some role. In noncombatant evacuation operations, new technology can assist with identification and notification of evacuees. Sensor technology, robotics, nonlethal weapons, and intelligence meshes will be used in combatting terrorism, countering narcotrafficking, and peace operations. These technologies, along with simulator training and unmanned aerial vehicles, will also be useful in insurgency and counterinsurgency.
Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs
Author | : Andrew Futter,Jeffrey Collins |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781137513762 |
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A generation after the First Gulf War, and in the wake of a decade of counterinsurgency operations and irregular warfare, this book explores how the concept of the Revolution in Military Affairs continues to shape the way modern militaries across the globe think about, plan and fight wars.
Strategy for Chaos
Author | : Colin Gray |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2004-08-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781135754761 |
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The remit of this study is to encourage further studies that make an honest and successful effort to achieve synergy between social science and history when analysing the impact of revolutions in military affairs (RMAs).
Recognizing and Understanding Revolutionary Change in Warfare The Sovereignty of Context
Author | : Colin S. Gray |
Publsiher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781428916210 |
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"Revolution in Military Affairs" (RMA) was the most widely used, and abused, acronym in the U.S. defense community in the 1990s. Subsequently, "transformation" has superceded it as the preferred term of art. For the better part of two decades, American defense professionals have been excited by the prospect of effecting a revolutionary change in the conduct and character of warfare. In this monograph, Dr. Colin S. Gray provides a critical audit of the great RMA debate and of some actual RMA behavior. He argues that the contexts of warfare are crucially important. Indeed so vital are the contexts that only a military transformation that allows for flexibility and adaptability will meet future strategic demands. Dr. Gray warns against a transformation that is highly potent only in a narrow range of strategic cases. In addition, he advises that the historical record demonstrates clearly that every revolutionary change in warfare eventually is more or less neutralized by antidotes of one kind or another (political, strategic, operational, tactical, and technological). He warns that the military effectiveness of a process of revolutionary change in a "way of war" can only be judged by the test of battle, and possibly not even then, if the terms of combat are very heavily weighted in favor of the United States. On balance, the concept of revolutionary change is found to be quite useful, provided it is employed and applied with some reservations and in a manner that allows for flexibility and adaptability. Above all else, the monograph insists, the contexts of warfare, especially the political, determine how effective a transforming military establishment will be.
Armed Conflict in the 21st Century
Author | : Steven Metz |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Information warfare |
ISBN | : UVA:X004399679 |
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War as We Knew it
Author | : Jan S. Breemer |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Military doctrine |
ISBN | : UCR:31210015469255 |
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"This is an exploration, a speculation if you will, on the nature of war in the future. It explores in particular the symptoms of what appears to be a transition, in thought and practice, from a way of warfare that is centered on the notion of destruction to one that has paralysis as its "center of Gravity." At this stage of research, the idea that future war will be "paralysis-based" provides a framework for discerning, interpreting, and organizing a collection of seemingly disconnected phenomena. It is not an argument for a "kinder and gentler" way of war per se ..."--Introduction