Technology and National Security PGMs RMA Cyber war? Robotics?

Technology and National SecurityTechnology and National Security

• PGMs

• RMA

• Cyber war?

• Robotics?

Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)

Thanh Hoa Bridge (after)

1990-91 Gulf War1990-91 Gulf War

Revolution in Military AffairsRevolution in Military Affairs

Lifting the Fog of War?

US “Information Dominance”

China’s response: Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui. Unrestricted Warfare (Beijing: PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999)

Cyber…Cyber…

1. C4ISR

2. Cyberespionage

3. Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability

4. Cyberwar1. Offensive

2. Defensive

Cyberspace: The New Realm of Warfare

Cyberspace: The New Realm of Warfare

1. C4ISR1. C4ISR

US military dependence on computers for:•Command•Control•Communications•Computers (internet, networks)•Intelligence•Surveillance•Reconnaissance

C4ISRC4ISR

• What we want: Dominance

• Basic reality: Dependence

• What we fear: Vulnerability

2. Cyberespionage2. Cyberespionage

• Theft of material

• Misinformation and alteration of data

• Disruption of activities and communications

• 21st century spy game

• Identification and attribution

3. Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability3. Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability

4. Cyberwar?4. Cyberwar?

Real?Real?

1. War just fought computer vs. computer

2. Cyber as an adjunct to traditional war

US Cyber CommandUS Cyber Command

• Cyber deterrence– By punishment– By denial

• Cyber capability race

• Cyber-war/espionage control treaties?

• “The Critical Infrastructure Non-Disruption Treaty”

RoboticsRobotics

1. Robots Everywhere?1. Robots Everywhere?

2. Military Robots2. Military Robots

• Packbot

3. Robots to Do Specific Tasks3. Robots to Do Specific Tasks

UAVs

• Predator Drone

• MARCBOT UGV

• Cormorant USV

BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano Quad-Rotor MAV/UAS/UAV (Micro Air Vehicle/Unmanned Aircraft System/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano Quad-Rotor MAV/UAS/UAV (Micro Air Vehicle/Unmanned Aircraft System/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

4. Robots Replacing Humans?4. Robots Replacing Humans?

• Autonomous Battlefield Robots?

Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System

(SWORDS)

Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System

(SWORDS)