Warfare is the contest between technology and geography. Geography imposes limits (e.g., distance, rivers, mountains, chokepoints) and technology tries to erode them, relying on the infrastructure that makes movement possible (bridges, roads and airfields) as much as on engines or aircraft. Each era in warfare starts with a shift in the technology-geography balance: Railroads collapsed […]
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Artificial intelligence is emerging as the strategic high ground in warfare, promising faster targeting, smarter weapons and operations beyond human capacity. Several imperatives are...
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