Iron Cannot Fight 1 – The Role of Technology in Current Russian Military Theory

Contemporary Russian military theory is dominated by three schools of thought: the ‘traditionalists’, the ‘modernists’ and the ‘revolutionaries’. On the role of technology in future warfare, the traditionalists argue for both high tech and massive forces at the same time. The modernists are ready to trade manpower for technology, whereas the revolutionaries give technology full priority. Both the traditionalists and the modernists believe Russia, because of the country's technological lag and limited resources, should respond asymmetrically to the Western technology challenge. The revolutionaries, on the other hand, maintain that Russia must respond in kind. If not, the country will no longer be able to defend its sovereignty. The currently ongoing radical reform of the Russian military is a partial victory for the modernists, but which model or mix of models that will dominate in the future is first of all dependent on the Russian military's purchasing power and the state of the domestic defence industry.     

How Probable is Cyber War? Bringing IR Theory Back In to the Cyber Conflict Debate

Many well-established explanations for war suggest that cyber weapons have a greater chance of being used offensively than other kinds of military technologies. This response article introduces a research agenda for the study of cyber war, and offers an example – principal-agent problems in cyber operations – to demonstrate how rigorous theoretical and empirical work may proceed.     

国外雷达技术发展管窥

随着高新技术的迅猛发展,雷达技术有了较大的发展空间,雷达与反雷达的相对平衡状态不断被打破。介绍了国外多种高性能雷达技术发展及其性能特点,窥探发展中的防空雷达体制、参数选择和附加措施等,根据不同目标的空域特性,制定防空对策及电子防御措施,不断提高雷达的适应性、有效性和战场生存能力。     

基于ARCS动机模型的现代教育技术公共课教学策略初探

教育技术公共课是高校在校生提升信息意识和信息素养的一门必修课,但其教学效果一直不尽如人意。本文从分析当前教育技术公共课的现状入手,结合ARCS动机模型理论,提出了教育技术公共课改进的若干对策,以期提高这门课程的教学质量。     

教育传播学视角下对教育技术学科定位的再思考

本文尝试基于教育传播学的视角重新审视技术的内涵,明确提出对技术的界定和分类———显性技术和隐性技术,深入阐述技术与教育技术的存在关系,并在此基础上提出只有正确看待技术,合理协调技术和客观评价技术才能有效引领人们对技术的理解以及对教育技术学专业定位的认识,进而提出对教育技术学科定位的再思考和再探讨,旨在促进这一学科的持续健康发展。     

地空导弹与弹道导弹的技术融合正在促使这两类导弹产生突破性的发展

地空导弹采用弹道导弹的抛物弹道技术 ,能够实现应用固体推进剂达到低质量远射程的目标。弹道导弹采用地空导弹末段弹道的寻的制导控制技术 ,可以达到降速、增程并实现末段有效制导控制和弹道机动的目标 ,从而大幅度提高命中精度和突防概率。地空导弹和弹道导弹之间的技术融合 ,已经开始并将很快形成这两类导弹的新一轮突破性的发展     

Through the Looking Glass: The Soviet Military-Technical Revolution and the American Revolution in Military Affairs

The roots of the information technology Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) can be traced to the mid-1970s, when the West capitalized on scientific-technological developments to neutralize the threat posed by Soviet second echelons. However, the cultivation of the technological seeds of the American RMA preceded the maturation of the conceptual ones. Although it was the US that was laying the technological groundwork for the RMA, Soviet, rather than the American military theorists, were the first to argue that the new range of technological innovations constituted a fundamental discontinuity in the nature of war, which they dubbed the ‘Military-Technical Revolution’ (MTR). About a decade later, this fundamental Soviet approach to the transformations in military affairs was analyzed, adapted and adopted by the US, and designated the RMA. This article deals with the intellectual history of the Soviet MTR and the American RMA.