Open AccessFUTUROLOGY OF WARFARE – FROM LAND TO SPACE
Author(s) -
Vadim Volovoj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ante portas - studia nad bezpieczeństwem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2353-6306
DOI - 10.33674/320198
Subject(s) - arms race , power (physics) , space (punctuation) , political science , perspective (graphical) , balance (ability) , revolution in military affairs , race (biology) , nuclear weapon , china , environmental ethics , law , computer security , political economy , sociology , military science , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , neuroscience , gender studies , operating system , quantum mechanics , physics
Mankind is very close to the next revolution in military affairs. Hypersonicmissiles exist already. Robots and even cyborgs in perspective can enter thereality from the movies. However, it is not clear if people are ready for suchchanges. Do politicians, generals and scientists understand all legal andhumanitarian consequences of the coming military transformation? At the sametime ‘Race in Space’ among the ‘Big States’ begins. Yet, it does not seem tochange the global balance of power. But the weapon that will be able toneutralize any nuclear attack can.
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