21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity
Computer networks are becoming the single most important aspect of modern nation-states. Government services, military organisations, economic activities, all are increasingly dependent on computer networks. The recent spate of computer attacks and hackings might presage a new approach to warfare, w...
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| author | Loo, Bernard Fook Weng |
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| description | Computer networks are becoming the single most important aspect of modern nation-states. Government services, military organisations, economic activities, all are increasingly dependent on computer networks. The recent spate of computer attacks and hackings might presage a new approach to warfare, where states target the increasingly important – and vulnerable – parts of modern nation-states, namely the computer networks that virtually all aspects of national life depend fundamentally upon. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/825732020-11-01T07:33:15Z 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity Loo, Bernard Fook Weng S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Computer networks are becoming the single most important aspect of modern nation-states. Government services, military organisations, economic activities, all are increasingly dependent on computer networks. The recent spate of computer attacks and hackings might presage a new approach to warfare, where states target the increasingly important – and vulnerable – parts of modern nation-states, namely the computer networks that virtually all aspects of national life depend fundamentally upon. 2016-02-25T08:18:44Z 2019-12-06T14:58:12Z 2016-02-25T08:18:44Z 2019-12-06T14:58:12Z 2007 Commentary Loo, B. F. W. (2007). 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 098). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82573 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40165 en RSIS Commentaries, 098-07 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Loo, Bernard Fook Weng 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title | 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title_full | 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title_fullStr | 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title_full_unstemmed | 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title_short | 21st CENTURY WARFARE:Computers as the New Centre of Gravity |
| title_sort | 21st century warfare computers as the new centre of gravity |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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