The Panzerfaust-3, a German shoulder-fired heat-seeking antitank missile, can punch through a metre of solid steel-far more than any armoured vehicle could carry. The MPR-500, an Israeli precision bomb, can hammer through several storeys of a building and explode on a chosen floor. These and myriad other military and intelligences technologies are changing the world. This Economist book describes these emerging technologies and places them in the larger context of today's politics, diplomacy, business and social issues. It shows how efforts to win wars or keep the peace are driving enormous and multifold technological advances. Broadly speaking, defence technologies will continue to provide enormous advantages to advanced, Western armed forces. The book is organised into five parts: land and sea, air and space, the computer factor, intelligence and spycraft, and the road ahead, which examines the coming challenges for western armies, such as new wars against insurgents operating out of civilian areas. Comprising a selection of the best writing on the subject from the Economist, each part has an introduction linking the technological developments to political, diplomatic, business and other civilian matters. For anyone who wants to know just how smart the global war, defence and intelligence machine is, this will be revealing and fascinating reading.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Profile Books
ISBN-13
9781846685835
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111659459
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Economist: Modern Warfare, Intelligence and Deterrence: The technologies that are transforming them
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Government
Type
Textbook
Author
Benjamin Sutherland
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Weight
386 g
Item Width
135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Benjamin Sutherland
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