Modern Warfare, Intelligence and Deterrence: The Technologies That Are Transforming Them

Introduction ix

PART 1 Land and sea 1

1 Designing, and countering, new weaponry 6

2 Upgrades for combatants 29

3 Powering up, differently 40

4 New materials, new capabilities 48

5 iPod militaries 58

6 Nukes 66

PART 2 Air and space 79

7 Attacks from above 84

8 The growing drone dimension 96

9 Air ops, for less 112

10 Aircraft and fl ight, enhanced 119

11 Militarising space 125

PART 3 The computer factor 151

12 The new realm of cyberwar 155

13 Better equations, smarter machines 185

14 Propaganda ops, online 199

PART 4 Intelligence and spycraft 211

15 Identifying, and killing, the quarry 215

16 Finding what’s hidden 235

17 Getting to know you better 243

PART 5 The road ahead 269

18 The challenge of irregular warfare 273

Index 281