Saturday, June 30, 2012

New Military Technology

I have put together a video, largely comprised of YouTube videos, to illustrate how military technology is changing as we move from the Energy Age to the Information Age. The major innovation in the previous age was undoubtedly the nuclear bomb. In the emerging age, where information becomes incorporated within existing military technology such as guided missiles, "smart-bombs", and aerial drones, we are struggling to adapt this technology to fighting a new non-state enemy. If the nuclear bomb is an example of a weapon of pure energy, what will the pure information weapon look like? It may emerge from ongoing research into the brain and its control of both human behaviour and the weapons of war. The video may be viewed on YouTube at this website.

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