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Author | : R. Bitzinger |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2016-04-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137461284 |
The proliferation of advanced militarily relevant technologies in the Asia-Pacific over the past few decades has been a significant, and perhaps even alarming, development. This volume addresses how such technologies may affect military capabilities and military advantage in the region.
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Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : High technology |
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Author | : Air Force Institute of Technology (U.S.) |
Publisher | : AIAA |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781563470097 |
The DoD has identified the 20 most critical technologies that will be key to improving America's defense capabilities into the 21st century. Led by Senior Dean and Scientific Advisor J.S. Przemieniecki, the Air Force Institute of Technology's team of experts put together this important book for everyone involved in defense research and development. Each of the 20 critical technologies is examined in-depth, including physical and engineering principles. A full description of the technology in its current state of the art and its projected impact on future weapon systems is provided.
Author | : Eric Schatzberg |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2018-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022658397X |
In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular discourse, technology is little more than the latest digital innovations. Scholars do little better, offering up competing definitions that include everything from steelmaking to singing. In Technology: Critical History of a Concept, Eric Schatzberg explains why technology is so difficult to define by examining its three thousand year history, one shaped by persistent tensions between scholars and technical practitioners. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, scholars have tended to hold technicians in low esteem, defining technical practices as mere means toward ends defined by others. Technicians, in contrast, have repeatedly pushed back against this characterization, insisting on the dignity, creativity, and cultural worth of their work. The tension between scholars and technicians continued from Aristotle through Francis Bacon and into the nineteenth century. It was only in the twentieth century that modern meanings of technology arose: technology as the industrial arts, technology as applied science, and technology as technique. Schatzberg traces these three meanings to the present day, when discourse about technology has become pervasive, but confusion among the three principal meanings of technology remains common. He shows that only through a humanistic concept of technology can we understand the complex human choices embedded in our modern world.
Author | : Major Lawrence W. McLaughlin |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782899820 |
As the military forces of the United States continue to draw down, Special Operations Forces (SOF) are playing a greater role across the entire spectrum of conflict. In order to maintain its relative advantage, SOF is using technology as a means to leverage limited resources—sometimes to the point that mission accomplishment depends critically on a technology’s availability. Adversaries will attempt to challenge our advantages. Whether Special Operations Forces are prepared to operate in a degraded environment could determine success or failure. This thesis examines the issue of critical technologies in special operations. Critical technologies are defined according to three variables—level of dependence, degree of vulnerability, and substitutability. By examining technologies against these three variables, SOF can gain a better understanding of the impact to SOF operations if a technical capability is lost. Three technologies are examined to illustrate the model—the use of Radar in the Battle of Britain, the Global Positioning System, and UHF Satellite Communications. By applying the model to actual cases, I hope to encourage SOF decision-makers to closely examine our growing reliance on vulnerable technologies as a force multiplier and provide recommendations to prevent undue reliance on those technologies.
Author | : DIANE Publishing Company |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1995-07 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780788119781 |
Presents the results of the third biennial National Critical Technologies Review. Includes information about the state of development in each technology area and about the U.S. competitive position relative to the worldwide leading edge technology developments.
Author | : Andrew Feenberg |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2002-02-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780198033400 |
Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political systems--is rooted in the social values that preside over technological development. It contains materials on political theory, but the emphasis has shifted to reflect a growing interest in the fields of technology and cultural studies.
Author | : United States. Department of Defense |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : High technology |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development |
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Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2009-05-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0309130263 |
The national security controls that regulate access to and export of science and technology are broken. As currently structured, many of these controls undermine our national and homeland security and stifle American engagement in the global economy, and in science and technology. These unintended consequences arise from policies that were crafted for an earlier era. In the name of maintaining superiority, the U.S. now runs the risk of becoming less secure, less competitive and less prosperous. Beyond "Fortress America" provides an account of the costs associated with building walls that hamper our access to global science and technology that dampen our economic potential. The book also makes recommendations to reform the export control process, ensure scientific and technological competitiveness, and improve the non-immigrant visa system that regulates entry into the United States of foreign science and engineering students, scholars, and professionals. Beyond "Fortress America" contains vital information and action items for the President and policy makers that will affect the United States' ability to compete globally. Interested parties-including military personnel, engineers, scientists, professionals, industrialists, and scholars-will find this book a valuable tool for stemming a serious decline affecting broad areas of the nation's security and economy.