Warfare Technology

Technology is crucial to any military conflict. Technology provides the potentiality to destroy the enemy and thus an advantage in technology means an advantage in warfare. In World War I and World War II, technology played a key role at decisive points in these respective conflicts. At the same time,...

Weapons of mass destruction do pose a threat to global security, even though steps have been taken over the last few decades to limit the potential impact of these weapons. Nuclear proliferation was a major problem in society for a long time, as states postured to one another in fear....

One of the most difficult decisions President Truman had to face during the early days of his Presidency was the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. In the wake of the country losing Franklin Roosevelt in the middle of his fourth term as leader of the United States...

The issue of arms proliferation is one of the main contemporary security threat issues the world is facing today. It involves the illicit production and misuse of all kinds of arms, small, light, and large. Illegal arms get into the hands of people of use them to kill thousands of...

The evolution of military technology over the years has often matched the scientific and technological capability of any given era. Ancient warfare often relied on metal working, the invention of gunpowder introduced explosives, and modern warfare is becoming increasingly reliant on computer and remote-controlled technology such as drones. Often, the...

Science is the instrument of human knowledge that can serve both noble and humane goals, as well as immoral and barbaric ones. The methodology and results of science, the motives of scientists and their personal views, moral rules, and ideas about society largely determine the views of the scientific community....

Katie Lobosco (2014) discusses the fact that more and more people have been reporting drone encounters while on typical flight paths. Last month alone, “41 pilots reported seeing a drone, or unmanned aircraft during flight,” up from the five reported in April of this year, and for “a total of...

The World War I was a war that originated in Europe and got over 70 million combatants involved in it. It began on July 28, 1914 and lasted till November 11, 1918. The following causes of the WWI could be indicated: alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and Moroccan and Bosnian crises....

Somalia borders Ethiopia to the west, Kenya to the southeast. In antiquity, it was a fundamental commerce center with other nations in the world. The Somali coastline stretches more than 2050 miles along the eastern part of Africa (Daniels, 2012). This makes it to be the longest and most beautiful...

Argument The authors claim that drone technology has eased the manner in which nations can wage war, where the use of technology as opposed to manned aircraft posits ability for fewer casualties to be incurred during military incursions. The United States has been increasing its drone program’s capacity since its...

Technology has substantially changed how things are done in the world. For instance, the way communication is conducted has been considerably transformed. However, it is not only how people communicate has changed, but even the way war is conducted has also substantially changed. Currently, sophisticated technology is used in war....

Military conflicts are common for humanity. But no one ever considers the impact of military actions on the environment. The soil is the fundamental resource of humankind but its potential progressively reduced by human activities, including warfare. Besides multiple deaths and destruction of nature, warfare has a devastating effect on...

Cyber-warriors are individuals that engage in cyber-warfare for either of three reasons; religious beliefs, patriotism, and personal issues. Depending on their convictions and roles, they either defend or attack computer security systems. In the contemporary world where technology is part and parcel of the socio-economic and political systems of the...

The readings considered here present five focuses of warfare in Islamic texts and remarks on the Ottoman Empire in particular. This prompts two questions, one regarding the role of these focuses in Ottoman warfare, and the other regarding the uniqueness of this warfare versus its embeddedness in Islamic tradition. Both...

Technology plays a key role in how the military wages war. Over the years, any change in technology led to a change on how nations conducted war between themselves. Traditionally, any change in technology affected not only the manner in which the military conducted warfare, but it also affected the...