However, they are not keen to die for their countries or leaders. Moreover, as technology becomes increasingly the most important issue for weapons and military systems, NERDS will become the ultimate modern warriors. For electronic systems, SW defined systems are the trend. Any form of improved signal processing techniques that is able to provide increased flexibility is also much welcome. Therefore, the introduction of several forms of cognitive capabilities to weapons and military systems is crucial. Thinking only in terms of performance is a dangerous gamble for those who have short budgets.Īs society enters the gates of the 4th Industrial Revolution, where possibilities of crossed innovations by blending ideas and concepts of several different areas of science increase, the concept of an information society also flows away and is surpassed by the concept of a knowledge society. ![]() If the system does not provide the required results when needed and in the right place, the unsatisfied customer will not perceive quality. It is a simple matter of analyzing the quality of a product: It doesn’t matter the amount of cutting-edge technology that it is there, or how it can provide a superb performance. Although performance is, by far, the factor that most sales persons emphasize (and that high rank officers like best), the most important for the periphery is to get systems that do what they need, and that they are able to maintain, repair and use in their local environments. These countries will face a dilemma: to pursuit the near to latest technology means extremely high investments to buy nearly obsolete systems or try to re-invent the obsolete legacy systems they already have. Therefore, these providers will do their best to extend their product life cycle, in special to peripheral countries. Moreover, as obsolescence will come almost instantaneously, life cycles shrinks, and along with them, the technology maturity phase where most manufacturers obtain their profits. Everyone will struggle for speed and accurateness, but this will be in the grasp of only few. If in one hand, technology is evolving too fast, and huge investments are needed, on the other hand, not everyone will be able to keep the same pace. Thus, a flexible liquid strategy will be determinant for anyone who intends to survive. Any military plan must now evolve alongside the conflict. This means that planning, although still crucial, will need to be much more flexible. This means that possible future opponents will be also “liquid” in nature: Besides despising any frontier, they will change considerably before they can be defeated, they will not be permanently loyal to anyone and their danger level and intentions will not be the same during all times. Other modern philosophers, Alvin and Heidi Toefler, laid down the concept that “a society fight its wars in the same way it makes business”. Focusing on defense issues, such scenarios are quite proper for flourishing ethnic nationalism, religious fanaticisms, violent protests, organized crime, terrorism, drug traffic, illegal immigration, human traffic, and weapon smugglers, tangled along with normal daily world’s affairs. ![]() Technology evolves in a tremendous speed, and then quickly drains away into the limbo of uselessness. The instabilities are huge, since all change too fast. He predicted a scattered and selfish society where people are linked through massive use of telecommunications. Obsolescence comes in a blink of the eye. He said that in today’s world, nothing is made to last. José Ricardo Rodrigues Teixeira Alves, CMG(EN RM1), CBPP Blue SealĪround ten years ago, Zygmund Bauman (1925-2017) introduced the concept of Liquid Modernity. Antonio Dias de Macedo Filho, CMG(EN RM1), PhD
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