Another View of the Revolution in Military Affairs

Abstract

The author urges defense planners to determine what strategic--as opposed to operational--benefits might be derived from the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). He cautions against being so focused on the technology of the RMA as to divert attention from the critical relationships between purpose, strategy, doctrine, operational innovation and organizational adaptation. He concludes that making the internal reforms that will be required will be as challenging as coming to terms with the operational and strategic implications of the new technologies. Revolution in military affairs, Technologically-driven phenomena, Military technical revolution, Information revolution, Technical legacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283587

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey R. Cooper

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Organizational Structure
  • Revolutions
  • Standards
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design