Results 191 to 200 of about 814,608 (254)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
2006
War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between American military institutions and other American institutions. The growth of engineering and science has reshaped military technology, organization, and practice from the Colonial era to the present day. At the same time, military
Margaret Vining, Barton C. Hacker
openaire +1 more source
War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between American military institutions and other American institutions. The growth of engineering and science has reshaped military technology, organization, and practice from the Colonial era to the present day. At the same time, military
Margaret Vining, Barton C. Hacker
openaire +1 more source
Controlling Military Technology
Ethics, 1985The specter of a general nuclear war destroying entire societies and possibly most of humanity has led to the search for ways to prevent such a war. The magnitude of the disaster that would come with a global nuclear war clearly justifies not only concern but also continued efforts to further reduce the chances for its happening.
openaire +1 more source
Emerging Military Technologies
2013This book examines emerging defense technologies such as directed energy weapons, nanotech devices, and bioscience applications that have the potential to dominate international relations in the future, just as nuclear weapons and space infrastructure-assisted conventional weapons do now.
openaire +1 more source
Securing Peace Through Military Technology
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1956For many centuries men dreamed of a life of material abundance, free from excessive manual labor, with economic security, and with plenty of leisure. A few people in all ages have succeeded in obtaining this kind of life, but for the great majority, life was far from this ideal.
openaire +1 more source
2013
As far as the basic image engine, as many as 18 different technologies are still in use, some dictated by the period of manufacture, all, ultimately, by suitability for their particular application, e.g., land, sea, air, body-worn, and/or man-portable.
openaire +1 more source
As far as the basic image engine, as many as 18 different technologies are still in use, some dictated by the period of manufacture, all, ultimately, by suitability for their particular application, e.g., land, sea, air, body-worn, and/or man-portable.
openaire +1 more source
Is Military Technology Deterministic?
Vulcan, 2019In their papers prepared for this volume, Kelly DeVries and David Zimmerman explore the differing viewpoints on technological determinism that military historians bring to bear on premodern and modern warfare. This paper analyzes their respective arguments, including DeVries’s introduction of the concepts of effectiveness, invincibility, and ...
openaire +1 more source
Emerging Technologies and Military Capability
2016“Emerging technologies” are the subject of considerable interest to academics and practitioners not only in the field of international security but also in the fields of economics and business. Emerging technologies are said to have the potential to change “the rules of the game” whether that “game” is the balance of military power between security ...
openaire +2 more sources
1986
New developments in science and technology very often have a profound impact on society. Especially in our age, in which the systematic use of scientific knowledge for societal objectives has become an organised endeavour, a pervasive influence of science and technology in many areas and aspects of life, has come about. This holds very definitively for
Peter Boskma, Frans-Bauke van der Meer
openaire +1 more source
New developments in science and technology very often have a profound impact on society. Especially in our age, in which the systematic use of scientific knowledge for societal objectives has become an organised endeavour, a pervasive influence of science and technology in many areas and aspects of life, has come about. This holds very definitively for
Peter Boskma, Frans-Bauke van der Meer
openaire +1 more source