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Technological failure results when one side
in a conflict does not fully grasp the potential impact of known,
or even familiar, weapons in the enemy’s hands. In most cases, such
failure resulted from higher officials’ ignorance or their total
misunderstanding of the importance and relevance of such technology
and science as well as of their application to warfare.
Technological failure is also the root cause of technological
surprise. While operational surprise on the battlefield poses grave
problems, technological surprise is far more serious, because, as
Azriel Lorber explains, it often leads to disasters on the
battlefield and is more difficult to recover from. In too many
cases, technological failure and surprise stem from all-too-human
characteristics, such as self-satisfaction, disdain for the
adversary, obtuseness, and conservatism. Because these traits show
no evidence of disappearing, political decision makers and military
commanders should be aware that technological failure and
technological surprise could happen at any time. |
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Hardback - June 2002 |
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