Influence of Emerging Technologies

Beccaro, Andrea (2025) Influence of Emerging Technologies. In: Hybrid Warfare Reference Curriculum Volume III. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 141-159. ISBN 9789636531096

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Abstract

This chapter aims to better clarify the impact of modern technology on warfare and in particular on the concept of hybrid warfare. To do this, the chapter is divided into three sections in addition to the conclusions. The first part seeks to clarify the impact of modern technology on warfare by briefly examining the terminology used. The second analyses in more detail the relationship between Emerging Disruptive Technologies and the concept of hybrid warfare. The third part is a focus on the current use of drones on modern battlefields. In this way, the paper intends also to clarify a central theme for understanding war, that is, the relationship between it and technology. In the current context, there is no doubt that the cyber environment and the development of AI (Artificial Intelligence) are expanding the range of possible actions in the context of hybrid threats. The development of information technologies from the 1980s has had a huge impact on the development of new operational possibilities. However, we must never forget that war is a political and social phenomenon, and it has a human dimension that cannot be eliminated. From this point of view, technology is exclusively a tool, more or less advanced and more or less effective depending on the contexts and strategies, of a wider and more complex phenomenon.

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