The New National Security Innovation Base: Charting the Course for Technology in War
Daniel Morgan | February 20, 2018
War requires killing, or, put in a more politically correct way, breaking the enemy’s will to fight. Technological innovations in war, however, do not by themselves achieve victory. Combined actions across the whole of government are needed to deter adversaries and build partnerships in this new globally complex security environment. As Secretary of Defense James Mattis says in the recently released National Defense Strategy, the Defense Department needs to assist efforts across all US departments “to address areas of economic, technological, and informational vulnerabilities.†The emerging security environment demands better capacity in out-reasoning, out-maneuvering, and out-innovating US adversaries, and it should not be left alone with the Defense Department.
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