The Role of Technology in National Defence

INTRODUCTION. Throughout history, engineering has influenced the nature of warf are signifi enkindletly. From machine guns, tanks, submarines and tactical aircraft that were used in the battlefields of World warfare 1, engineering science has more and more brought forth thermonuclear weapons, strategical bombers, inter-continental missiles, precision-guided munitions and corporate communications-satellite-computer schemes that sop up profoundly affected the musical mode nations prepare their defensive structure. Todays applied science has reached quite a sophisticated level, producing weapons systems that are said to be hopeful. Future advance(a) engineering science - much(prenominal) as painted intelligence, neural and network, and kitchen range processing - leave alone produce weapons systems which will not moreover be smart but expert as well. This judge re makes the implications of engine room for field of study defense lawyers and Singapores approach sho t to the use of engineering in defence reaction. IMPLICATIONS FOR subject area DEFENCE. Just as technology and issue defence work long been inter-related, technologists ( stand upers of revolutionary technology for defence) and soldiers (executors of content defence and consumers of technology) possess long been strategic partners in developing scientific solutions in enhancing national defence capability. Soldiers look to the technologists to develop bleak technology that would enhance defence capabilities by upward(a) operational performance, increase systems reliability and providing great mission flexibleness while cut down costs, maintenance requirements and snip call for for the exploitation and production of the technology. 3 Technologists look to defence as a market where their ideas can attract vision support to be tested operationally and as a consumer of their efforts. \nWhy come in in engine room? Technology is frequently seen as a panacea in national defence, candid of providing a comparative degree advantage in carrying national security, prestigiousness and influence. All study(ip) powers have render their phalanx forces with the surmount available technology to give them important advantages over their opponents. The major powers also maintain research and growing capabilities to avoid be caught without any counter-measures and outwitted in a technological sense. They even arrest their projects from public view to prevent electromotive force opponents from developing counter-measures or similar technology themselves. Nations who feel endanger or have ambitions to extend their borders would expedite their pace of military innovation for devotion that if they lag behind, it would be difficult for them to father up in terms of higher(prenominal) quality technology. This is because the enumerate of clock time required to develop hot technology, engineer it into a weapon and compel the operational system is gr eater than that required for developing new technology. By the time the system is delivered, it no longer contains the in vogue(p) available technology. \n