Technology and National Security

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Technology and National Security

• PGMs
• RMA
• Cyber war?
• Robotics?

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Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)

• Thanh Hoa Bridge (after)

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1990-91 Gulf War
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Revolution in Military Affairs
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• Lifting the Fog of War?
• US Information Dominance
• Chinas response Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui.
  Unrestricted Warfare (Beijing PLA Literature and
  Arts Publishing House, February 1999)

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• C4ISR
• Dominance
• Dependence
• vulnerability

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The Nations Critical Infrastructure
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Cyberspace The New Realm of Warfare
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• Cyber-war
• vs.
• Cyber-espionage

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US Cyber Command
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• Cyber deterrence
• Cyber capability race
• Cyber-war/espionage control treaties?
• The Critical Infrastructure Non-Disruption
  Treaty

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Robotics
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1. Robots Everywhere?
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2. Military Robots

• Packbot

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3. Robots to Do Specific Tasks

• UAVs
• Predator Drone

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• MARCBOT UGV

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• Cormorant USV

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BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano Quad-Rotor
MAV/UAS/UAV (Micro Air Vehicle/Unmanned Aircraft
System/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
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4. Robots Replacing Humans?

• Autonomous Battlefield Robots?

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Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance
Detection System (SWORDS)