“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford (1863 to 1947), an American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production (which had a subsequent impact on the mass production of military hardware).
“A lesson learned from the First World War had taught us that it is necessary to be patient about committing new weapons and that they must be held back until they are being produced in such quantities as to allow their employment in mass. In the First World War the French and British used their… Read More
“Armed with a pitch-fork, the finest fighting man can do little against an opponent with a tommy-gun in his hands.” (Rommel, 1953, p.333). Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel (the Desert Fox), World War I junior officer and World War II General, considered a brilliant military commander; adored by his troops and feared by his enemies. Reference Rommel,… Read More
“Unlike conventional field battles, where tactics are more flexible and largely dictated by the terrain and the enemy’s deployment, special forces anti-terrorist assaults are a combination of physical might and technology working in a swift syncopation, pre-planned and finely choreographed. Once initiated, they move relentlessly into the heart of the problem with precision timing, not… Read More
Research Paper Title Beyond Stereotyping: Understanding Student Readiness for Network Centric Learning Abstract Many commentators and educators credit commencing university students from the ‘Net’ or ‘Y’ generation with being well versed in the use of today’s wide range of sophisticated information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the latest Web 2.0 applications and services. Yet to date few… Read More
Research Paper Title Education and Training Technology in the Military. Abstract The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has contributed to the development of various education and training technologies, two of which are computer-assisted instruction and simulation-based instruction. DOD investment in computer-assisted instruction has continued from the 1950s to the present. Its contributions have ranged from drill and… Read More
Research Paper Title Land 125 – Power Technologies Review. Executive Summary The evolution of capability requirements for dismounted soldiers prescribes greater use of electronic equipment by soldiers in the battlefield. This is increasing the amount of power and energy required by soldiers. Primary batteries, and to a lesser extent secondary batteries, are the predominant technologies… Read More
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