Tag
Future of Warfare

April 09, 2021
Welcome to the Fog of More
By Jacob Parakilas
There’s a deeper problem with how we perceive the world than misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda: it’s that we expect that big data means better understanding.

April 03, 2021
Robot Dogs to Have Their Day — on Florida Base
By Abhijnan Rej
The Tyndall Air Force Base inducted semi-autonomous robotic patrol dogs in base security role in the third week of March.

March 03, 2021
Is an “Alliance of Alliances” Around AI Feasible?
By Jacob Parakilas
The newly released final report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is rich in recommendations. But operationalizing them may be trickier.

February 25, 2021
Commandos Confront a World After the Forever War
By Jacob Parakilas
As great power competition rises to the fore – and counterterrorism operations recede into the background – U.S. special forces will have to adapt.

February 17, 2021
Bloat and Warfare
By Jacob Parakilas
Canada’s new frigates are the size of cruisers, and indicative of a wider trend toward ever-more complicated and expensive weapons.

February 11, 2021
How Do You Measure a Revolution in Military Affairs?
By Jacob Parakilas
Novel technologies hold out the prospect of fundamental changes in military effectiveness and strategy. The tricky part is understanding and communicating when those changes are coming.

January 27, 2021
Fiction and Consequences: War in Art and the Art of War
By Jacob Parakilas
When it comes to depictions of the future of war, art doesn’t have to be particularly sophisticated to say something worth thinking about.

January 13, 2021
Militaries Are Planning for an Autonomous Revolution. What if the Tech Isn’t Up to It?
By Jacob Parakilas
The path to robust, reliable military autonomy is long and winding – with a lot of potential dead ends.

December 15, 2020
Remote Warfare – And How Video Games Might Help Understand It
By Jacob Parakilas
Future operators may also need to be real-time strategy games adepts.

November 18, 2020
How the US Space Force Doctrine Paves the Way for Future Warfighting
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The first doctrine for the new U.S. military branch answers some key questions -- and raises some more.

November 03, 2020
Fighting Tomorrow’s Wars with Yesterday’s Rifle
By Jacob Parakilas
The basic design of small arms has been stable for decades, even as other warfighting technologies have undergone revolutions. How much longer can that be true?

October 29, 2020
Imagination, Probability, and War
By Jacob Parakilas
Artificial intelligence may help us make sense of large, complex questions, but imagining the future of war needs to remain a fundamentally human exercise.
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