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Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing warfare. This far-ranging investigation examines the emergence...
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Argues for the United States to embrace such new military technologies as drones, autonomous robots, and cyber weapons in order to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, make wars less violent, and stop terrorism.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"When we think about the future of war, the military and Washington and most everyone gets it backwards. We think in terms of buying single military systems, such as fighter jets or aircraft carriers. And when we think about modernizing those systems, we think about buying better versions of the same things. But what really matters is not the single system but "the battle network"--The collection of sensors and shooters that enables a military to...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces. It...
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