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Tanks
\"This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about tanks and how they keep soldiers safe in battle\"--Provided by publisher.
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War 4.0
This volume explores the impact of technology and new domains on future warfare. It identifies several themes, and highlights the increasing complexity of the security environment and the uncertainty of future war. The sense of time and speed has been, and is being, compressed by developments in quantum technologies, the cyber domain, artificial intelligence, the increased capabilities of sensors and data collection, as well as new propulsion technologies such as hypersonic designs. Concepts regarding the shape and extent of the battlefield are challenged by the notion of hybrid war and sub-threshold tactics, as well as new domains in which competition is increasing, such as space. Further challenging the shape of the battlefield is the increased development of remote and autonomous warfare. Commercial developments will affect how military production is owned and managed, and how military forces are composed. Thus, a confluence of new technologies exists, combining to create the potential of fundamental transformation at many levels. This wave of technological change has been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), characterised by an exponential rather than a linear rate of change, generated by convergence and complementarity of emerging technology domains. These may not affect the fundamental Clausewitzian nature of war, but they will likely affect its character. From a military perspective, the key will be the impact on the speed of operations and on the shape of the operational domain—the factors of time and space. The combination of these shifts will increasingly affect the perception of states and the degree of certainty in approaching and engaging in conflict.
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The elite : the A-Z of modern special operations forces
\"Created by a world leader in modern Special Forces with access to some of the most secretive elite units, this book provides a fascinating overview of Special Forces units around the world, including the SAS and Delta Force.\"-- Amazon.com.
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The Evolving Boundaries of Defence: An Assessment of Recent Shifts in Defence Activities
This volume analyses key features of recent and ongoing transformations of defence issues, from four key perspectives. These are defence economics, the spatial footprint of defence, human resources management by the armed forces and the international landscape of defence.
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Tanks : a 4D book
\"With tough armor and rugged endurance, tanks take a battering but power through to protect. Take to the sand to learn all about the military's fierce squadron of tough tanks. Little Pebble books have an ATOS level of 1.0 or below. Download the Capstone 4D app to access a variety of bonus content.\"--Provided by publisher.
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War Virtually
A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing
technology and data for new kinds of warfare-and why we must
resist. War Virtually is the story of how
scientists, programmers, and engineers are racing to develop
data-driven technologies for fighting virtual wars, both at home
and abroad. In this landmark book, Roberto J. González gives us a
lucid and gripping account of what lies behind the autonomous
weapons, robotic systems, predictive modeling software, advanced
surveillance programs, and psyops techniques that are transforming
the nature of military conflict. González, a cultural
anthropologist, takes a critical approach to the techno-utopian
view of these advancements and their dubious promise of a less
deadly and more efficient warfare. With clear, accessible prose,
this book exposes the high-tech underpinnings of contemporary
military operations-and the cultural assumptions they're built on.
Chapters cover automated battlefield robotics; social scientists'
involvement in experimental defense research; the blurred line
between political consulting and propaganda in the internet era;
and the military's use of big data to craft new counterinsurgency
methods based on predicting conflict. González also lays bare the
processes by which the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies have
quietly joined forces with Big Tech, raising an alarming prospect:
that someday Google, Amazon, and other Silicon Valley firms might
merge with some of the world's biggest defense contractors. War
Virtually takes an unflinching look at an algorithmic
future-where new military technologies threaten democratic
governance and human survival.
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Tanks
This visually dynamic book lets readers explore how tanks are used in wilderness, desert, and urban terrains. Detailed diagrams of tanks throughout history will give readers an inside look into how tanks operate, from the tanks used during World War I all the way up to today. Engaging yet accessible text presents fascinating facts about tanks from armies and countries all around the world, and investigates how high-tech weapons and transport systems made it possible for tanks to revolutionize modern warfare -- Provided by the publisher.
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Fighting for a living
This book investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last years.
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Tanks
\"Introduction to the technology of tanks featuring low-level text and large scale cutaway illustrations\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Transformation of Europe's Armed Forces
As a result of new strategic threats, Europe's land forces are currently undergoing a historic transformation which may reflect wider processes of European integration. Europe's mass, mainly conscript armies are being replaced by smaller, more capable, professionalised militaries concentrated into new operational headquarters and rapid reaction brigades, able to plan, command, and execute global military interventions. At the same time, these headquarters and brigades are co-operating with each other across national borders at a level which would have been inconceivable in the twentieth century. As a result, a transnational military network is appearing in Europe, the forces in which are converging on common forms of military expertise. This book is a groundbreaking study of the military dimensions of European integration, which have been largely ignored until now. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences interested in the progress of the European project, and the nature of the military today.
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