Part II. Tomorrow’s Battlefield

 

“Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.”

 
 --Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Over the last several decades, we have witnessed the transformation of the military from its legacy capability of heavy armor and deterrent against a known Cold War threat toward a new capability that combines both strength and agility. This new capability combines the heavy armor of traditional military aircraft, helicopters, ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, tanks, munitions, and forces together with the addition of lighter, faster equipment, improved stealth technologies, computer-networked command ...

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