Jack Watling

The Arms of the Future (eBook, ePUB)

Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From sensor-fuzed munitions and autonomous weapons, to ground moving target indication radar, laser vibrometers and artificial intelligence, the weapons of warfare are undergoing a rapid transformation, with modern technologies reshaping how armies intend to fight in the twenty-first century. The Arms of the Future analyses how the emergence of novel weapons systems is shaping the risks and opportunities on the battlefield. Drawing on extensive practical observation and experimentation, the book unpacks the operational challenges new weapons pose on the battlefield and how armies might be structured to overcome them. At a time when defence spending across NATO is on the rise, and conflict with Russia raises new questions of what it means to fight a truly 'modern' war, Watling examines not just the arms to be employed but how they can be fielded and wielded to survive and prevail in future wars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350352971
• Artikelnr.: 68439890

Autorenporträt

Jack Watling is a Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, UK. Co-author of War by Others' Means (2021), he has worked in Iraq, Mali, and Rwanda. He won the Breakaway Award at the 2017 International Media Awards, and was shortlisted for the European Press Prize in 2016.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: From Mechanised to Informatized Warfare
Chapter One: Navigating the Transparent Battlefield
Chapter Two: Contesting the Spectrum
Chapter Three: When Protection is an Illusion
Chapter Four: When the Tail Needs Teeth
Chapter Five: Blood in the Streets
Part Two: The Arms of the Future
Chapter Six: The Geometry of the Future Battlefield
Chapter Seven: The Manoeuvre System
Chapter Eight: The Fires System
Chapter Nine: The Assault System
Chapter Ten: The Support System
Part Three: The Continuation of Policy
Chapter Eleven: Divergent Domains
Chapter Twelve: Priorities in Transformation
Chapter Thirteen: An Instrument of Power
Conclusion