SOCI 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Northrop Grumman Rq-4 Global Hawk, Balkan Wars, Stuxnet
Document Summary
Soci 265 war, states, and social change. The first gulf war in 1991, and umberto eco"s essay, reflection on war > War of our era: era of irregular or unconventional war, and rma (revolution in military affairs) We not fighting the modernists in this clausewitizian fashion anymore. There is no longer clearly defined borders in the modern world. If we accept clausewitz"s that every age has its own war, peculiar preconceptions. Modernization and mass production in the 19th century. Radio-controlled airplanes, the very first unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) Several unmanned weapon, used by both the allied and axis forces. Rapid advancement in analog and electronic computing. Decline (interest in the mechanization of military and warfare, it declined here) But vietnam war: was history"s first techno war. The us is interested in unmanned systems, gradually making their way into the us military in small numbers. First war in history to involve the widespread of computers.
