1. Technology and National Security
PGMs
RMA
Cyber war?
Robotics?

2. Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)
Thanh Hoa Bridge (after)

3. Gulf War

4. Revolution in Military Affairs

5. US “Information Dominance”
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)

6. Cyber… C4ISR Cyberespionage Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability
Cyberwar
Offensive
Defensive

7. Cyberspace: The New Realm of Warfare

8. 1. C4ISR US military dependence on computers for: Command Control
Communications
Computers (internet, networks)
Intelligence
Surveillance
Reconnaissance

9. C4ISR What we want: Dominance Basic reality: Dependence
What we fear: Vulnerability

10. 2. Cyberespionage Theft of material
Misinformation and alteration of data
Disruption of activities and communications
21st century spy game
Identification and attribution

11. 3. Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability

12. 4. Cyberwar?

13. Real? War just fought computer vs. computer
Cyber as an adjunct to traditional war

14. US Cyber Command

15. Cyber-war/espionage control treaties?
Cyber deterrence
By punishment
By denial
Cyber capability race
Cyber-war/espionage control treaties?
“The Critical Infrastructure Non-Disruption Treaty”

16. Robotics

17. 1. Robots Everywhere?

18. 2. Military Robots
Packbot

19. 3. Robots to Do Specific Tasks
UAVs
Predator Drone

20. MARCBOT UGV

21. Cormorant USV

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

23. 4. Robots Replacing Humans?
Autonomous Battlefield Robots?

24. Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System (SWORDS)