Strategic advantage through communication technology and electronic support measures on board ships
New technological developments The world is currently watching the latest conflicts with concern, forcing us to learn and adapt to new realities. So far, changes in modern warfare have been observed in three main aspects. Interestingly, the tactics that characterised all 20th century conflicts are still relevant. Looking at the major conflicts of the last ten years, it is clear that military doctrines developed in peacetime are rapidly being superseded by innovative "workarounds" by the fighting parties. This adaptability, combined with the resulting forced adaptation of the enemy, is the cause of the accelerated technical development that is typical of wartime. In addition, the liberal zeitgeist influences the situation on the battlefield. In our time, the prospect of being deployed at the front rarely triggers enthusiasm among soldiers, unlike during the Napoleonic campaigns or the First World War, for example. Today, we place a much higher value on human life than in past eras. Unmanned systems As mentioned above, there are three significant changes in modern warfare. The first of these technical developments concerns the switch to unmanned systems. This not only serves to protect troops, but also opens up completely new possibilities for projecting power. Such unmanned systems can be equipped with weapons, deployed for reconnaissance and/or used to flexibly support ad hoc communication networks. In this context, the concept of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) -...
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