Title:
Remote control : precision warfare is not bloodless
Authors:
Malsch, I.
Year:
2008
Serial number:
8
Journal:
The Broker
Pages:
8
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10
ISSN:
1874-2033
Language:
eng
Subject:
Humanitarian Assistance
Keywords:
conflict
Abstract:
Since the end of the Cold War, rapid progress in commercial technology, along with the War on Terror and international peace enforcing missions, have been driving precision and remote control warfare. But these weapons do not fulfill the promise of ‘bloodless’ war. One US researcher speculates that the US may not have killed sufficient enemies in the second Gulf War. Precision warfare may fail to force the enemy into submission, because it does not last long enough and because it does not undermine military and civilian morale. Still, there are alternatives to this vicious cycle of perpetual precision warfare. Several other solutions have been proposed, including employing more military force, utilizing more police and intelligence methods, and using more good old-fashioned diplomacy.
Organization:
The Broker
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2008 IDP. This article has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license.
Document type:
E-article
File:
137953.pdf