Benefits And Potential Risks Of Using Ever Advancing Technology

The invention of guns, handguns, artillery, field artillery – changed warfare in ways that were unimaginable those days. Effective cannons meant that castles were no longer safe. Field artillery and handguns

There is a sense that modern weapons during the 20th century proved to be the most technological advancements and thus created competition in which sprawled into a new stage of warfare enlightenment. At the brink of the war and the salient of forces perhaps the most technological tool used had been the trenches. The pursuit of territorial conquest would halt at the trench lines inventing a new progression in how war is envisioned today. The disadvantages often outnumber the benefits of war, however, war managed to create a boosted in advanced warfare starting as early as the Franco-Prussian War. As the war progressed during 1914, items such as uniforms called for change. The sense of pride in nationality struck in numbers and not in bright colors. For the sake of duty and country was the most powerful drive including those who sought ground in the western lines.

This second edition of DeVries and Smiths’ book, Medieval Military Technology, encompasses many of the weapons, fortifications, vessels, machines, and armour developed throughout the medieval period, to provide a brief cultural history of the relationship between military technology and medieval society. DeVries and Smiths’ purpose in compiling this book was to lay out their argument in a way to which the reader can understand the purpose of medieval military and its relationship to society. The central

During the time period of 1789 to 1914, several changes began to occur within the European military. Leaders began changing their techniques on how they would approach battles, placement of their men, what kind of equipment they would utilize, along with their means of transportation, how would they communicate with others, along with several other changes. During this time period, the use of technology began to increase which had allowed for the battles to become easier for those using the new technology. There were three important changes that had occurred in the European military which included: transportation with the service of trains and railways, the newest weapons such as the breech-loading rifles, and communication by using telegraphs. With these three inventions, this had changed the outcome on wars and battles for the days to come.

With the current war dwindling down in Afghanistan, the Field Artillery’s focus becomes more on training in a force on force style fight. Their focus is to utilize older conventional style war fighting tactics on new updated Artillery systems. The following quote from Major General Mark McDonald truly describes our current situation, “We’ve got most of the pieces in place to be able to train the digital system. What we have to do is get everybody really comfortable with it, train with it more often, so that’s their go-to system,” (Mathis). The result will be to pull away from older manually computed firing data and to begin to rely solely on the newer updated digital systems, thus allowing for the safer, more accurate and timely fires that will be needed in future conflicts. What does this mean for enlisted members and officers alike? ”The introduction of these modernized systems will provide several opportunities for cross-branch training and deployment, as well as opportunities for joint operations that have yet to be discovered. Additionally, this modernization will present substantial challenges to both officer and enlisted leadership alike, requiring both to be more technically qualified in order to be effective leaders” (Dedmond and

The increase in technology and intelligence will play a crucial role in the development of the Army. Gen. Milley hit on some important notes in regards to unit effectiveness with these changes. The most difficult question discussed revolves around the how to ease armed conflict. The delivery methods of conflict are evolving and have the potential to completely transform warfare. Also discussed within the same context was the standards of national interest. Furthermore, the implementation of robotics creates a potential for warfare to completely be redefined.

The Great War, or what we now call World War I, was devastating for all participating countries, but for Australia, with its relatively small population, the suffering was keenly felt. By 1917, the honour of going to war “for king and country” had faded, and everyone knew someone whose life was lost on a conflict which had little relevance to their lives. Letters from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa conveyed the horror of the first mechanized war.

Technology skyrocketed during and after The Great War. The war gave people new ideas to create and use technology for the military. “Virtually all military advances since 1918 have been incremental technical improvements to the efficiency of the conceptual model of the Modern Style of Warfare.”(3) Technology that was improved was a vast arrangement of different kinds of weapons, for example the flamethrower, machine guns, and rifles, new military uniforms, new automobiles, and the introduction of two crucial war machines, the tank and the airplane, which changed the field of battle and forever forcing countries to develop new strategies on military tactics. As a result of this, the US gained much

Since the introduction of gunpowder into Europe, it has gone on to dominate warfare into the twentieth century. With the development of the first European guns in the fourteenth century, armies were given use of a weapon which was to radically alter most of the ways of making war which had been established during the Middle Ages, and changes began to be seen within only a few years. It is, however, questionable whether the nature of these early changes constituted a revolution in the methods of war, and even more so whether guns had by 1500 made a great deal of impact on the character of war as it had existed in 1300. In assessing whether a revolution had taken place (or at least whether one was in the process of happening) by 1500, it is

One may even speculate it changed the entire face of battle. For instance, soldiers could no longer march in a line and fire at each other. One machine gun could demolish the whole line. The innovative technologies led to trench warfare and the lack of new tactics led to massive slaughter at the hands of the new technology. Examining the statistics, the machine gun and the tank were recent technologies that influenced WW1 the most (Technological innovations from WW1, Jennifer Eiss). The machine gun vastly extended the length of the war and forced the development of a trench war. The firing stopped on November of 1918, but because of new weapons and discoveries, modern war technology had changed the course of civilization. Throughout the war millions had been killed, gassed, or starved because of such additions to combat. Due to rapid technological advances, the nature of warfare had changed forever, affecting soldiers, airmen, sailors, and civilians alike impacting the First World War tremendously and wars that would arise less than a decade

From 1784 to 1914 the world saw many changes, some of which would be represented in European Military. One change that can be seen in is how war changed from the soldiers being mere pawns in a king’s game of chess to fighting for reasons they believe in. The concept of war became about the people rather than the monarch. Another change in a board sense was the advancement of technology, including weaponry, railroads, and the telegraph. Finally the third major change would be the Age of Imperialism.

Despite the fact that these inventions changed the way military fought wars, they also changed how people lived. The 19th-century weapon helped win wars, and early modern technology played a significant role in it. The primary goal of the weapon modernization was to improve the effectiveness of the weapons used during wars. Ancient weapons enquired a lot of procedure that needed to be incorporated before they could be used and major challenges were experienced during that period.

Back before the Great War, military minds had thought of developing tractors and such to cross land and water with less difficulty. When World War I broke out, all battles were fought in

Technological advancements help societies in various ways, helping them grow and thrive; protecting them, providing enjoyment and improving quality of life. To determine whether or not a new technology will be implemented, a strategy known as, cost-benefit analysis is applied. This analysis evaluates the costs involved upfront and over time as compared to the benefits received from the new technology. For example, the development of new types of technology to be used in medical care. New techniques may be more effective or have fewer side effects, but may be too expensive to justify replacing the current standard of care. In addition to the monetary cost there may also be negative outcomes that may pose a threat to health of our society. There has to be a balance, for the new technology to be successful. An ideal new innovative technology, is safer, cheaper, faster, and easier to maintain than the old technology being replaced.

Jacques Ellul once quoted, “Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which an efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.” How many lives have been saved since the technology for health situations was invented? This question should give a general  idea of how important and different lives would be without the use of technology. Mechanization has changed and improved throughout these past years, which has impacted many of society's lives’. Modern technology is beneficial to save many lives, improve education, but could be harmful to the planet and on the living in many ways.